Potential and Kinetic
Energy Conversions
Electromagnetic Waves
Wave Properties/Interactions
Heat and Heat Transfers
100
An object sitting on a tree limb 3 m above the ground
What is Potential Energy
100
a pendulum at the bottom of its swing has converted all of its potential energy into what?
What is kinetic energy
100
EM waves can travel in a medium or in ______________?
What is a vacuum
100
This is the measurement of a wave from rest to crest
What is the amplitude
100

Passing Heat by Direct Contact.

What is Conduction

200
The total energy (Kinetic and Potential Energy) of an object.
What is Mechanical Energy
200
A microwave converts electrical energy into these 4 forms of energy.
What is thermal, sound, light and mechanical energies.
200
in the EMS, the larger the waves the __________ the amount of energy the wave has.
What is less
200
This is a measurement of wave from crest to crest or from trough to trough
What is wavelength
200

A form of Heat Transfer that causes more energetic particles of a gas or liquid to rise as they become less dense and low energy particles to fall as they become more dense.

What is Convection?

300
A rubber band flying through the air
What is Kinetic Energy
300
After an energy conversion you end up with the same total amount of energy that you started with. This is an example of what?
What is Law of Conservation of Energy.
300
light waves are a type of _____________ electromagnetic waves.
What is transverse
300
The longer the wavelength of a wave the _________ the frequency of the wave.
What is lower.
300

Which substance will take the longest to cool down from 300 degrees to 250 degrees?

What is Helium?

400
Increasing the height of an object will do what to Potential Energy?
What is increase
400
This metric has the greatest impact on the kinetic energy of an object.
What is speed or velocity
400
these waves have the highest frequency in the Electromagnetic Spectrum.
What is gamma waves or gamma rays
400
a wave the bounces off of a barrier or surface
What is reflection
400

When a raw pizza is placed into the oven the cheese melts faster than the dough cooks. What causes this when the oven is only one temperature?

The SHC of the Cheese is Lower than the SHC of the Dough.

500
On a roller coaster, the top of the hill has the maximum amount of this type of energy.
What is potential energy
500
a blender converts what energy into mechanical, thermal and sound?
What is electrical.
500
violet light waves refract the most because they have the shortest ______________.
What is wavelength
500
the bending of a wave around on object or through an opening
What is diffraction
500

What causes ocean water to hold onto its Heat and pass it on slowly as the currents move?

What is a High Specific Heat Capacity