Potential Energy
Energy in a system due to its position or shape
What is potential
What is kinetic energy?
What is energy of motion
The equation E=mc2 relates energy and what?
What is mass
Walking converts what type of energy to kinetic energy?
What is chemical energy
Describe fission
What is breaking large atomic nuclei into two or more smaller atoms generating large amounts of energy
A compressed spring is an example of what type of potential energy
What is elastic
What is the kinetic energy of a 10 kg bowling ball traveling at 4 m/s?
What is 80 J
Daily Double..... Make your wager................
What is nuclear reactions (fission and fusion)
State the law of conservation of energy
What is energy is neither created nor destroyed
Describe fusion
What is bonding two small atoms to make one large atom releasing large amounts of energy
How does increasing an object's velocity affect it's potential energy
What is does not affect it
How did E=mc2 affect the law of conservation of energy?
What is modified to state that mass and energy are conserved in any process
What types of energy are involved in bouncing a basketball?
What is gravitational potential, kinetic and elastic potential energies
nuclear power plants are designed to convert nuclear energy into what form of energy?
What is electric
Give formula for gravitational potential energy
What is PE = mgh
What is the formula for calculating kinetic energy?
What is KE = 1/2 mv2
When matter is destroyed in the equation E=mc2 what happens?
What is energy is released
Solar cells (photovoltaic) convert what energy into electric
What is solar
Work is the transfer of what
What is energy
An object with a mass of 20 kg at a height of 10 m has how much potential energy on Earth?
What is 1960 J
How are mass and energy related "consequence of E=mc2)
What is mass and energy are equivalent
What is a drawback of solar energy?
What is depends on climate
Nuclear energy is considered renewable due to fusion or breeder reactor capability. Thus is uranium a renewable energy fuel?
What is No