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100

The ability to do work or cause change is called

Energy

100

Give an example of something that stores chemical energy is

match, gas, food

100

A compressed spring has _________________ energy.

Elastic potential

100

Define the law of conservation of energy.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed. 

200

Kinetic energy depends on ___________ and ____________.

mass and speed

200

As water runs over a waterfall, its potential energy is converted to

mechanical energy 

200

A nuclear reaction in which the nuclei of atoms join together is called
nuclear __________.

Fusion

200

Why is your house warmer on the top floor and colder in the basement?

Convection, warm air rises and cold air sinks. 

300

Identify the form of thermal energy transfer in the picture, which shows warm water rises and cooler water sinks.

Convection

300

Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom is called

nuclear energy

300

What letter represents the position at which the basketball has the greatest GPE? Explain.

C, it is the farthest away from the ground. 

300

You feel warm while you are sitting in front of a fireplace.  What energy heat transfer is occurring? 

Radiation 

400

Identify the type of thermal energy transfer in the picture of a person who can feel heat waves from the fire without touching the flames.  

Radiation

400

What type of energy transformation is taking place when natural gas is used to heat water?

chemical energy into thermal energy

400

A 15 kg boulder was rolling down a hill at 5 m/s.  What was the boulder's kinetic energy? Identify the mass and speed. 

Mass: 15 kg

Speed: 5 m/s

KE: 187.5 Joules

400

A pot of water boils on a hot stove. Identify conduction, convection, and radiation. 

Conduction: Pot on the stove

Convection: The water in the pot circulating 

Radiation: The heat you can feel by placing your hand above the pot

500

To maintain your body temperature (heat), your body converts chemical potential energy into _______ energy.

thermal

500

Inside a hydroelectric dam, water forces turbines to move and generate electric power. What type of energy transformation is taking place?

mechanical energy to electrical energy

500

Where does the pendulum have the most kinetic energy?

 

C

500

Explain how the law of conservation is seen in the swinging of a pendulum. 

Energy transforms from potential to kinetic throughout the swing. Some energy is released as sound energy and the friction is released as thermal energy.