Vocabulary
Form of energy due to its motion
kinetic
If a 6th grade student eats a pancake for breakfast and then walks to school. What form of energy was the pancake?
Chemical energy
What type of energy transformation occurs in the following scenario: turning on a flashlight
chemical to radiant/thermal
Form of energy due to its position and shape
potential energy
If you are riding a roller coaster what form of energy increases as you go up the roller coaster?
Gravitational energy
What type of energy transformation occurs in the following scenario: A windmill spinning
mechanical to electrical
Energy cannot be created or destroyed?
TRUE OR FALSE
A student is cold while she waits outside for the bus so she decides to rub her hands together. What form of energy is her mechanical energy being converted into?
Thermal energy
What type of energy transformation occurs in the following scenario: eating an apple and then going to the gym to work out
chemical to mechanical and thermal
When one form of energy converts into another form
Energy transformation
You and your brother are racing a toy car and a toy truck down a ramp at your house. Your brother picks the car because he loves to go fast. You predict that the truck will win down the ramp. Explain why your prediction would be right assuming they are going the same speed and there are no other factors or forces at work?
The truck has more mass and therefore more kinetic energy
Maria wants to use the flat iron on her dress to make it nice and neatly. What energy transformation it occurs in this scenario?
electrical to thermal energy
Form of potential energy that is due to its height
Gravitational potential
If you and a friend are going down two different slides, but the slide your friend is on is 100 ft in the air and the one you are on is 50 feet, which one of you would have more potential energy?
Yourself or Your friend
Your friend
Jose wants to save money from the high electric bill, so he started using solar set-up in their home. What type of energy did Jose utilize?