Types of Energy
Name one type of energy
Mechanical Energy (kinetic & potential)
Heat Energy
Chemical Energy
Electromagnetic Energy
Nuclear Energy
Light Energy
Sound Energy
Electrical Energy
Magnetism
What is the unit for resistance?
Ohms
When we see the color white, what are we seeing?
A reflection of all colors of light
Sound is a what type of wave?
Mechanical or longitudinal
What is temperature?
The average of the kinetic energy of all the particles in a substance
Name the energy transformation used by your toaster
Electrical to heat energy
What is electricity?
The flow of electrons
When we see black we see what?
What causes sound?
Disturbances or vibrations
What is heat?
The flow of thermal energy from one object to another.
What is the unit of measurement used for energy?
Joules
What formula would we use to find resistance?
Voltage divided by current
What causes objects to look "bent" when submerged in water?
Refraction
What does sound need in order to exist?
A medium to travel through
What is specific heat?
The thermal energy needed to increase 1 kg of a substance 1 degree Celsius
Name both ways we can get nuclear energy
Fission and fusion
What is the difference between conduction and induction?
Conduction
Charges that result by direct contact.
Induction
Charges that result by objects that do not come into contact.
What is the term used to describe light bending around an object?
Diffraction
What determines a sound's "loudness?"
amplitude
What formula do I use to find the amount of thermal energy needed to heat up an object?
Q=CΔTM
What type of energy do we receive from food via digestion?
Chemical energy
What is static electricity?
The accumulation of excess electric charges on an object
The Law of Reflection states that the angle of __________________
is equal to the angle of ____________________
Incidence and reflection
Describe the Doppler Effect
A sound increases in pitch as an object moves closer to you due to an increase in frequency
What are the three methods of heat transfer?
Convection, conduction, and radiation