Lesson 1
An object moving position
What is kinetic energy
Energy by virtue of being in motion
What type of energy is associated with heat?
Thermal Energy
True or False: Energy can be created
False
What is a force?
A push or pull
What is potential energy?
stored energy
What is the measurement of force?
What does it mean for energy to transform?
Energy changes form from one to another
What is energy?
ability to do work or cause change
mass and speed
What is potential energy associated with an objects ability to stretch or compress
Elastic potential energy
What types of energy is transformed when you flick the switch to turn on the lights
electrical to light
What is power?
the rate at which work is done
If a bowling ball and a feather are moving at the same speed. Which has more kinetic energy?
Bowling ball because it has more mass
What is potential energy stored in the nucleus?
Nuclear Energy
What is the law of conservation of energy?
Energy cannot be created nor destroyed.
False
Calculate gravitational potential energy. Mr. Oberly drops a 10 pound ball from 5 feet.
50 J
Chemical Energy
What is mechanical energy?
the sum of kinetic and potential energy