Energy
KE or PE?
Thermal Energy
Transformations
This is an example of....
For the brave...
100

The ability to do work or cause change is...

ENERGY!!!!

100

A skier standing at the top of a hill.

PE

100
Heat from a stove-top burner.

Radiation

100

Solar Panels GENERATE...

Electrical Energy

100

The equation for KE is...

1/2mv2

200

Mechanical Energy is the sum of....

Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy

200

A roller skater skating very fast.

KE

200

Boiling water in a pot.

Convection

200

A barking dog generates...

Sound Energy

200

The equation for PE is...

mgh

300

The unit of energy is _______.

Joule (J)

300

A skateboarder moving through the air (up off the ground), having taken a ramp. 

BOTH!
300

Visible light from a candle

Radiation!

300

Nuclear Fission generates...

Nuclear Energy

300

The cooling cycle that you force when you stir a cup of hot tea.

Convection Cycle

400

The Law of Conservation of Energy states that....

Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

400

Thermal Energy

Sound Energy

Radiant Energy

KE

400

Warm air rises from your radiator pushing cooler air down.

Convection

400

Microwaves generate...

radiant energy

400

A classification of materials that conduct energy efficiently.

Conductors

500

In a ___________ system, energy is always conserved.

CLOSED!

500

Elastic Energy

Gravitational Energy

Nuclear Energy

PE

500
Burning a marshmallow in a campfire by accidentally touching the marshmallow to the flame.

Conduction

500

Your coffee cup warming your hands is an example of...

thermal energy

500
The verdict in McDonald's V. Liebeck

80-20 McDonalds guilty.