Forms of Energy
What type of energy is stored in food, fuel, and batteries?
Chemical Energy
What type of energy transformation happens in a flashlight?
chemical to light
What does the law of conservation of energy state?
Energy cannot be created, destroyed, or lost but transferred or transformed into other types of energies.
What is the energy of a moving object called?
Kinetic energy
What kind of energy does a solar panel collect?
light energy
What type of energy is carried by moving electric charges?
Electrical Energy
When you eat food an then run, what energy transformation takes place?
chemical to kinetic energy
If you lift a book to a shelf, what happens to its energy?
It gains GPE
What happens to the kinetic energy of an objects if it moves faster?
It increases
A car engine transforms chemical energy into which two types of energy?
kinetic and thermal
Kinetic Energy
A toaster converts electrical energy into what two types of energy?
electrical to thermal and light
True or False: Energy can disappear if not used
False!
A ball is thrown straight up. At its highest point, what type of energy is the greatest?
GPE
Why does a black shirt feel warmer in the sune than a white shirt?
It absorbs more thermal and light energy
What kind of energy is stored due to an object's position or shape?
Potential Energy
What is the main energy transformation in a hydroelectric dam?
potential to electrical
A roller coaster at the top a hill has what kind of energy?
When a skateboarder goes down a ramp, what energy transformation happens?
potential to kinetic
What energy transformation happens when a microwave heats food?
electric to light and thermal
Name the form of energy that deals with a nucleus of an atom
Nuclear Energy
In a wind turbine, wind energy is transformed into what type of energy?
electrical energy
If a ball rolls down a hill and slows to a stop, where did the energy go?
If no energy is lost to friction, what happens to the total energy of a swinging pendulum?
It stays the same.
What type of energy transformation occurs when a battery powers a fan?
chemical to electrical and kinetic