Energy Vocab
The ability of a system to do work; required for changes to happen within a system.
What is energy?
What type of energy is stored in a stretched rubber band?
What is elastic potential energy?
What is it called when energy changes from one form to another?
What is energy transformation?
What type of wave moves up and down?
What is a transverse wave?
Eating a snack before a football game.
What is chemical to mechanical?
The sum of an object’s kinetic and potential energy. Used to do work.
What is mechanical energy?
If a ball is at the top of a hill, what type of energy does it have?
What is gravitational potential energy?
In a food web, how is energy transferred?
What is energy is transferred from one organism to another through consumption?
In which type of wave do particles move parallel to the direction of the wave?
What is a longitudinal wave?
Ball rolling down a hill.
What is potential to kinetic?
The material through which a wave travels.
What is medium?
How is kinetic energy related to the speed of an object?
What is kinetic energy increases as speed increases?
How does energy conservation apply to an amusement park ride?
What is energy is conserved as it transforms from potential energy at the top to kinetic energy as it moves down?
Give an example of a transverse wave.
What is light, electromagnetic (heat/light), earthquakes, water?
A battery powered flashlight.
What is chemical to electrical to light?
Movement of energy from one system to another.
What is energy transfer?
What type of energy of energy is stored in a battery or food we eat?
What is chemical potential energy?
Describe how energy is transformed in photosynthesis.
What is sunlight energy is converted into chemical energy in plants?
Describe how sound waves are classified.
What is sound waves are longitudinal waves?
A toaster.
What is electrical to thermal?
Scientific law stating that energy can be neither created nor destroyed but just changes form.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
Compare kinetic energy and potential energy. How are they different?
What is kinetic energy is energy of motion, while potential energy is stored energy?
How do electrical circuits demonstrate energy transformation?
What is chemical energy is transformed into electrical, which is turned into light?
Explain how energy is transferred in transverse waves.
What is energy is transferred through the movement of particles perpendicular to the wave direction?
A windmill.
What is mechanical to electrical?