Types of Energy
Energy contained within a system that is responsible for it's temperature.
What is thermal energy?
An object possesses potential energy when it's at a certain height, like a ball at the top of a hill.
What is step 1(initial state)?
A wave vibrating at right angles to the direction of it's propagation.
What is a transverse wave?
Energy associated with the flow of electric charge.
What is electrical energy?
The object is released or pushed, initiating the potential-to-kinetic energy conversion.
What is step 2(release)?
The distance between two consecutive crests or troughs of the wave.
What is a wavelength?
Energy associated with the motion of objects or their position.
What is mechanical energy?
As the object falls, it accelerates due to gravity, gaining speed.
What is step 3(acceleration)?
The number of wave crests passing a point per unit time.
What is a frequency?
Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom, released during nuclear reactions.
What is nuclear energy?
The increasing speed means the object has more kinetic energy, the energy of motion.
What is step 4(increased kinetic energy)?
How to solve for frequency.
What is f = v/λ?
Energy stored in an object due to its height above the Earth's surface.
What is gravitational energy?
At the bottom of the fall, the object has the highest speed, and its kinetic energy is at a maximum, while its potential energy is minimal.
What is step 5(maximum kinetic energy)?
How to solve for wavelength.
What is λ = v/f?