Potential and Kinetic Energy
Forms of Energy
Energy and Matter
Energy Transformations
Famous Scientists
100
Spongebob is experiencing which type of potential energy?
A. elastic potential energy
B. rubber band potential energy
C. chemical potential energy
A. Elastic potential energy
100
This is the form of energy that is produced by vibrating objects.
Sound
100
Matter is made up of atoms. When atoms bond together, they are called __________________.
Molecules
100
When you burn a log, chemical energy changes into these two forms of energy.
light and thermal/heat
100
This scientist invented the movie camera, the light bulb, and the first power plant so that people could have electricity.
Thomas Edison
200
What type of energy does this basketball have?
A. Potential energy
B. Kinetic energy
C. Both potential and kinetic energy
C. Both potential and kinetic energy
*It has kinetic energy because it is moving. It also has gravitational potential energy because of its position.
200
Sound energy needs to travel through matter (solid, liquid, or gas). THIS form of energy does NOT need matter to travel. It can travel through outer space.
Light
200
Energy has the ability to make changes occur. How can energy change matter?
A. It can make it move
B. It can make it grow.
C. Both
D. Neither
C. Both!
200
Photosynthesis is a process that turns light energy into this form of energy.
chemical
200
This scientist was a brilliant cosmologist—someone who studies the structure of the universe (stars and space). He invented important theories about the Big Bang (the start of the universe), black holes and how they work. He also worked on the problem of quantum gravity. Quantum gravity tries to explain how gravity works with quantum mechanics (physics of tiny things.) That is a hard problem that scientists have not solved yet. His first book, A Brief History of Time, sold over ten million copies. This scientist's name was
A. Steven Spielberg
B. Steven Seagal
C. Steven Matz
D. Stephen Hawking
E. Stephen King
D. Stephen Hawking
300
Juanita is jumping on a trampoline. In position three, she is at her highest point. What type of energy does she have in the third picture because of her position?
A. potential elastic energy
B. potential gravitational energy
C. potential chemical energy
B. potential gravitation energy
300
Apples, batteries, and gasoline have this form of energy in common.
chemical energy
300
How can energy be transferred?
A. It can be transferred from one place to another.
B. It can be transferred from one object to another.
C. Both
D. Neither
C. Both!
300
What energy transformation is taking place as Spiderman swings on his web?
a. gravitational potential energy to kinetic energy
b. elastic potential energy to kinetic energy
c. chemical potential energy to kinetic energy
a. gravitational potential energy to kinetic energy
300
This scientist was a pioneer in optics and microwave electronics technology. He was also one of the highest-ranking African-American scientists working for NASA during our race to the moon. He holds eleven patents for electronic devices and is the author of papers on electromagnetism, optics, and microwaves.
A. Issac Newton
B. Albert Einstein
C. Louis W. Roberts
D. Galileo Galilei
C. Louis W. Roberts
400
Jenna is playing with a slingshot. In diagram #2, you see how she pulled the ball back in the elastic band. In diagram #3, you see how the ball went flying after she let go. Which diagram shows when the ball has kinetic energy?
Diagram #3. The ball has kinetic energy because it is in motion.
400
Name 3 examples of RENEWABLE energy.
400
Name two variables that affect how much kinetic energy an object has.
1. speed (how fast it is going)
2. mass (how much matter it has)
400
A car engine turns chemical energy into these two forms of energy.
movement (or mechanical/kinetic)
heat/thermal
400
This famous scientist is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She traveled in space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
A. Mae Jemison
B. Katherine Johnson
C. Ellen Ochoa
A. Mae Jemison
500
Which of the following describes when the car in the rollercoaster had BOTH potential and kinetic energy? Choose all that apply.
A. When it was waiting to begin
B. When it was still on the very top of the hill
C. When it was halfway down a hill
D. When it was halfway up a hill
C. and D.
It had kinetic energy because it was moving (either up or down) and gravitational potential energy (because of its position).
500
The amount of THERMAL energy depends on these two variables.
1. How quickly the molecules are moving
2. The number of particles in an object or area
500
Name two things that matter and energy have in common.
1. They cannot be created or destroyed.
2. They can change forms.
500
Fossil fuels can be solid (coal), liquid (oil), or gas (natural gas). They have energy because they are formed from dead plants and animals over millions of years. Where did the energy inside the plants and animals come from?
The Sun/solar energy
500
Dr. Tahani Amer is an energy expert. Her inventions and work at NASA involving thermal energy, wind energy, and wind tunnels for testing have made significant contributions to NASA's research. This type of science and engineering is called __________________.
A. Biochemical science
B. Aerospace engineering
C. Environmental engineering
D. Forensic science
B. Aerospace engineering