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100

This type of KE is due to the motion of macroscopic things. Often times just referred to as KE

Mechanical

100

This type of PE is due to an objects height

gravitational potential

100

What is the gravitational potential energy of a 4 Kg object that is 8 meters above the ground? Include units!

313.6 Joules

100

A boy is holding a ball above the ground. He drops the ball and the ball accelerates towards the ground. What energy transformation is described?

gravitational potential energy to kinetic energy
100
Name a unit of energy.

Joules

200

This type of KE is due to the motion of ions or charged particles

electricity

200

This type of energy is due to the energy stored in stretched objects

elastic potential

200

What is the Kinetic energy of a 4 Kg object that has a velocity of 8 m/s? Make sure to include units!

128 Joules

200

A person flips a light switch and a lightbulb starts to shine. What energy transformation is described here?

electrical to radiant

200

What is the acceleration due to gravity on planet Earth?

9.8 meters per second squared

300

This type of KE is due to the random motion or vibration of atoms and molecules 

thermal energy

300

This type of PE is due to energy stored in the bonds between substances

chemical potential

300

What would the mass of an object that is 10 meters above the ground be if the object has 294 Joules of gravitational potential energy? Include units!

3 Kilograms

300

A person burns a log to warm up. What energy transformation is described here?

chemical to thermal

300
What is the acceleration of an object moving at 3G's?

29.4 meters per second squared

400

This type of KE is due to the oscillations or transfer of energy via a wave through substances

sound

400

This type of PE is due to the energy stored in the nuclei of unstable atoms

nuclear

400

What would the velocity of a 10 Kg object that has 125 Joules of kinetic energy be? Include units!

5 meters per second

400

A uranium pellet is used to boil water at a nuclear power plant. What type of energy transformation is being described?

nuclear to thermal

400

What is the famous Einsteinian equation that relates energy to mass? 

E=mc^2

500

This type of KE is a wave produced when charged particles vibrate with a high frequency

radiant or light energy

500

List the four types of potential energy we have learned

gravitational, chemical, elastic, and nuclear
500
A 10 Kilogram roller coaster has a velocity of 5 m/s and is moving along at ground level. If the coaster started climbing a hilly part of the track, how high could it possibly get if minimal energy was lost to friction with the track?

1.2755 meters

500

A machine spins a magnet to induce electrons to flow through wires. What type of energy transformation is being described?

mechanical or KE to electrical

500

Recite the law of conservation of energy/1st law of thermodynamics

Energy is neither created nor destroyed, only transformed in to other forms