Energy Transformations
Energy Conservation
Potential and Kinetic
Forms of Energy
Definitions
100
Burning a candle.
Chemical energy -> heat energy + light energy
100

The amount of total energy is ___ in a system.

Conserved (saved)

100
What is the process of saving up or storing energy?
Potential energy.
100

Energy that has the ability to fall; this form of energy increases the higher up you go.

Gravitational potential energy.

100
Energy is defined as _________.
The ability to do work.
200
Using a hot plate to boil water.
Electrical energy -> heat energy
200

The output energy in a system is more than the input.

True / False

FALSE

200
What is the process of spending energy or energy in motion.
Kinetic energy.
200

"You can burn it or you can eat it."

Chemical energy.

200

What does it mean to transfer energy?

MOVE energy from one location to another.
300
A hungry football player eating a large sandwich to use the food for energy.
Chemical energy -> mechanical energy
300

Energy is lost.

True/False

False

300
A heavy vase on a table has this type of energy.
(Gravitational) potential energy.
300

What form of energy results when 2 objects come into contact with each other?

Thermal Energy (friction)

300

What does it mean to TRANSFORM energy?  What is an example of an energy TRANSFORMATION?

Change energy from one form to another

(answers will vary)

400
Using a solar-powered calculator.
Radiant energy -> electrical energy ->light energy
400
Name one way you can conserve energy in your home.
Energy efficient appliances, etc.
400
A person running down the sidewalk has this type of energy.
(Mechanical) kinetic energy.
400

DAILY DOUBLE!

This form of energy is caused by the change in shape of an object (compressing a string, stretching a rubber band, a ball flattening slightly when it hits the ground)

Elastic potential energy.

400

Give an example of an Energy TRANSFER.

Newton's Cradle

Golf

Bowling

500
A solar panel on the roof of a building used to heat and cool the building.
Radiant energy -> electrical energy
500

Most energy is "lost" / released into the environment from a system through what 2 forms of energy.

Sound and Thermal (friction)

500
A person that has just jumped from an airplane has this type of energy. (2 types)
(Gravitational) potential and kinetic energy.
500
The sun is an example of this type of energy.
Heat, Radiant, Nuclear and Gravitational
500

DAILY DOUBLE!!

Say the Law of Conservation of Energy.

Energy can be not be created or destroyed.  It can only TRANSFORM or be TRANSFERED.