Energy/Energy transformations

Vocabulary

100

Form of energy due to its motion

What is kinetic

200

Form of energy due to its position and shape

What is potential energy

300

Energy cannot be created or destroyed

What is law of conservation of energy

400

when one form of energy converts into another form

What is energy transformation

500

Form of potential energy that is due to its height

What is gravitational potential

Forms of energy

100

If a student eats a pancake for breakfast. What form of energy was the pancake?

What is chemical

200

If you are riding a roller coaster what form of energy increases as you go up the roller coaster?

What is gravitational potential energy

300

A student is cold, so she decides to rub her hands together. What form of energy is her energy being converted into?

What is heat/thermal energy

400

This energy allows us to see 

What is light energy

500

What unit do we measure energy in?

What is the joule

Energy Transformations

100

What type of energy transformation occurs in the following scenario: turning on a flashlight

What is chemical to radiant/thermal

200

What type of energy transformation occurs in the following scenario: A windmill spinning

What is kinetic to electrical

300

What energy transformation occurs in the following scenario: eating an apple and then going to the gym

What is chemical to kinetic and thermal

400

Is using a battery powered radio an energy transfer or transformation?

It is an energy transformation - chemical to sound

500

Give an example of an energy transfer?

Kicking a ball, hitting a tennis ball ...