Potential energy is energy that is _______________.
What is stored or waiting?
100
Kinetic energy is energy that is ___________________.
What is moving?
100
Turning on a flashlight:
_______________ to ____________ to _____________
What is chemical to electrical to radiant?
100
A car travels 450 miles in 6 hours. What is its average speed?
What is 75 mph?
200
A machine that is made of a wheel with a rope that goes around it. When you pull down on one side, the load on the other side is lifted.
What is a pulley?
200
Where an object has the most gravitational potential energy.
What is when it is the highest?
200
If I fall from the roof of the school building, when will I have the MOST kinetic energy?
What is right before I hit the ground (or at the lowest point)?
200
When you turn on a ceiling fan:
_____________ to _______________
What is electrical to mechanical?
200
This metalloid is commonly used in computer chips.
What is silicon?
300
What would you have to do to a pulley to decrease the amount of force needed to lift an object?
What is add more wheels?
300
When a bird falls from a tree, its potential energy ______________.
What is decreases?
300
When something's potential energy decreases, its kinetic energy _________________.
What is increases?
300
When you eat a large helping of pasta to run a marathon:
______________ to _______________
What is chemical to mechanical?
300
Aluminum can be easily shaped without breaking. It has the property of ____________
What is malleability?
400
Inclined plane A is 30 cm long. Inclined plane B is 60 cm long. Both planes are used to lift the same object to a height of 20 cm. Which plane requires LESS force?
What is plane B?
400
Which is NOT an example of potential energy?
standing on a ladder,
wind blowing, or
energy in a battery
What is wind blowing?
400
Which is NOT an example of kinetic energy?
electricity,
thermal energy, or
chemical energy,
What is chemical energy?
400
During an energy transformation, some energy can also be given off as __________ and ______________.
What is heat and sound?
400
Nonmetals, like sulfur, break easily. Therefore we say it is _______________.
What is brittle?
500
IF you use an inclined plane, you are able to use less force, but you cover more _______________.
What is distance?
500
Stretching and holding a rubber band gives it ______________ potential energy.
What is elastic?
500
_______________ energy is another word meaning light.
What is radiant?
500
The process of burning coal, producing steam to turn a turbine to create energy for your home.
__________ to _________ to ___________ to _________
What is chemical to thermal to mechanical to electrical?
500
When you say an object is shiny or dull, you are describing its __________________.