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Forms of Energy
Name that energy!
Vocabulary
Energy Transformations
Surprise!
100
energy due to motion; shooting a basketball
What is mechanical?
100
a basketball on the ground
What is potential?
100
energy due to motion
What is kinetic?
100

a fan transfers _________________ energy into mechanical energy

What is electrical?

100

at the top of the roller coaster, the cars have the most ___________ energy

What is (gravitational) potential?

200

energy carried by waves; light waves, microwaves, radio waves

What is electromagnetic energy?

200
energy produced by the sun
What is nuclear?
200
stored energy
What is potential?
200
a lamp transfers electrical energy into ______________ energy
What is light?
200

when energy changes form, it is called a...

What is transformation?

300
travels through a current; this computer is using it
What is electric energy?
300
furnace
What is thermal?
300
ability to cause change
What is energy?
300
a gas stove transforms _________________ energy into _____________ energy
What is chemical, thermal?
300

an object with more ______________ has more kinetic energy

What is mass or speed?

400

due to motion of particles; how quickly or slowly the particles move

What is thermal energy?

400

microwave heating food

What is electromagnetic?

400
energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed
What is the law of conservation of energy?
400

cars transform most of their chemical energy into this

What is thermal or mechanical energy?

400
caused by vibrations
What is sound energy?
500
nuclei splitting apart or joining together
What is nuclear energy?
500
a battery powered remote control car
What is electric or chemical?
500
transfer of energy that occurs when a force is applied over a distance
What is work?
500
electrical energy is first transferred to _____________ energy (think battery) when charging a cell phone; then it is transferred to _____________ energy
What is chemical, sound or light?
500
two things an objects kinetic energy depends on
What is speed and mass?