Types of Energy
This type of energy is referred to as the energy of motion
What is kinetic energy?
What two factors will determine the objects GPE?
What is height and mass?
Which lab would help you answer a question about energy efficiency?
Hot Bulbs Lab
The type of energy is determined due to the motion of the particles within the object.
This transformation describes plugging a radio in to listen to music.
What is electrical to sound?
This type of energy is energy that is "stored"
What is potential energy?
What will GPE transform into?
What is kinetic energy?
In which lab did you transform mechanical energy into thermal energy?
Shake the Shot Lab
This explains why rubbing two wooden sticks together may result in a fire.
What is friction?
This transformation describes food being used to fuel a soccer player.
What is chemical to motion?
This type of energy is stored in the bonds of an atom.
What is chemical?
sound, thermal - Law of conservation of energy
If you needed to design an experiment to see how well materials absorb or reflect energy, which lab could you use for ideas?
Energy in Light Lab
How is energy transferred during conduction?
Direct contact
This transformation describes the movement of a roller coaster car from the top of the first hill down towards the bottom of the first hill.
What is gravitational potential energy to kinetic?
This type of energy is used when pulling a slingshot back.
What is elastic energy?
Why does a roller coaster have the most GPE at the top of its first hill?
It’s at its highest point, so it has maximum height — and therefore maximum GPE to convert into kinetic energy during the ride.
Which lab investigated how gravitational potential energy can be converted to other forms of energy?
Drive a nail.
What happens when light hits a black surface?
Most light is absorbed and the surface warms up
This transformation describes rubbing my hands together to warm them up.
What is kinetic to thermal?
This type of thermal energy does not need matter to move.
What is radiation?
If the kinetic energy of an object is 300j half way down, then the gravitational potential energy is ______ at the top.
What is 600j?
Which lab helped you explore how energy can transfer between substances at different temperatures until they reach equilibrium?
Mixing Hot and Cold Water
This described which direction energy is flowing between ice and water when they are in the same cup.
What is from water to ice?
This transformation describes a solar oven warming up food.
What is light to thermal to chemical?