Type of Energy
Coal, Gas, Wood, and food are all different sources of fuel. What kind of energy is being described here?
What is Chemical Energy?
A person uses energy from the food they ate to run
Chemical to Mechanical
What is
energy of movement or motion?
Mechanical Energy
What is stored energy that is not yet being used?
Potential Energy
True or False: The TOTAL amount of energy stays the same within any system?
True
If Heat is involved what type of energy is it?
A stove uses natural gas to light a fire
Chemical to Thermal
Energy that comes from the flow of electrons is
Electrical Energy
What should a Balanced Force's Newtons(N) be and what is the motion?
0N, at rest or constant motion
True or False: Plants use sunlight to create energy during photosynthesis.
What is the energy that causes waves on the beach?
Mechanical Energy
An archer shoots an arrow into a target leaving the arrow stuck in the wall.
Elastic to Mechanical to Gravitational
Gravitational Energy is based off of what?
Height and Position
If Potential Energy is increasing (getting bigger) what is happening to the Kinetic energy?
Decreasing
True or False: Increasing(bigger) the height and position of something will decrease(smaller) the potential energy
False
What is the ability to do work
Energy
What energy transformation takes place when you light a campfire?
Chemical to Radiant AND Thermal
Energy of _____ caused by the _____ of atoms
Heat, Movement
Force that an object encounters when moving across a surface
Friction
True or False: A graph has 6 parts and what are they?
False; Title, Axis, Plotted points, Scale, and Key
These two energies both have potential energy but the way they store it is different. What are they?
Gravitational and Elastic
If we use propane gas to lift a hot air balloon, what energies occur during this process in no specific order?
Thermal, Chemical, Mechanical, and Gravitational
Nuclear energy's definition is what?
stored energy in the nucleus of an atom.
What is the difference between potential and Kinetic Energy?
Kinetic is motion(moving) while potential is stored (not moving)
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
It states that Energy cannot be created or destroyed.