Energy
Energy & Force
Motion and Energy
Energy Transfer
Collisions
100

Define energy

Energy is the ability to do work.

100

Where did energy come from?

What is...God created the universe and the energy in it?

100

Define motion

Motion is a change in an object's position.

100

Define energy transfer.  

What is...An energy transfer is the movement of energy from one place to another place?

100

Define collision

A collision happens when one object comes into contact with another object. 

200

Felix sitting on his bicycle at the top of the hill is an example of what kind of energy?

What is potential energy?

200

Josh pushed a soccer ball down a driveway. What is true about the soccer ball?

What is...The applied force is greater than the force of friction?

200

When electrical energy transfers from a battery to a light bulb, the electrical energy changes into ________ energy.

What is light energy?

200

Remi threw a baseball and a wiffle ball with the same applied force at a tower of blocks. Which one will knock over more blocks? Why?

What is...the baseball's weight gives it more kinetic energy to knock down more blocks?
200

In a collision between a moving van and a parked car:

(a) what kind of energy does the van have before the collision and 

(b) what kind of energy does the car have before the collision?

What is... A) The van has kinetic energy and is moving toward the car.  B) The car has potential energy because it has stopped?

300

Felix riding his bicycle down the hill is an example of what kind of energy?

What is kinetic energy?

300

A car and a train travel at the same rate of speed. Which one has more kinetic energy? Why?

What is...The train has more kinetic energy because it is heavier?

300

How does the weight of an object affect the object's kinetic energy?

Heavier objects have more kinetic energy.

300

When electrical energy transfers from a battery to a light bulb, the electrical energy changes into ________ energy.

What is light energy?

300

In a collision between a moving van and a parked car, what happens during the collision?

The van transfers kinetic energy to the car.  This is an energy transfer.

400

A box of crayons falls off the table. As the box falls, what happens?

What is...Potential energy changes to kinetic energy as the box falls.

400

A bike has potential energy because IT IS AT THE TOP OF A HILL.

The ALL CAPS part of the sentence is the___________ (cause or effect).

What is CAUSE?

400

What needs to happen for motion to occur?

The applied force needs to be greater than the forces of gravity and friction.

400

A blue car hits the back of a white car. The white car rolls forward. How do you know there is an energy transfer?

What is...The motion of both vehicles changes?

400

In a collision between a moving van and a parked car, what happens after the collision? 

The motion of the van slows down then stops. The energy transfer of kinetic energy makes the stopped car move a short distance.

500

Mallory pushed a marble down the slope of the driveway. How did that change the marble's energy?

What is...The applied force to the marble increases its motion, which increases its kinetic energy?

500

A DEER USES KINETIC ENERGY as a result of running through the woods.

The ALL CAPS part of the sentence is the ___________ (cause or effect).

What is EFFECT?

500

The shape of a rocket is an example of how energy, speed and motion work together. Why do energy, speed and motion work together?

What is...God designed energy, speed and motion to work together in an orderly fashion?

500

A drone is flying. Explain two of the three different energy transfers that happen. (think about all the energy that is transferred when a drone is flying)

(1) electrical energy from the drone battery moves to the drone motor.

(2) electrical energy changes into kinetic energy as the drone flies

(3) electrical energy changes into sound energy

500

In a collision between a van and a stopped car, how do you know there is an energy transfer?

You know there is an energy transfer because the motion of both vehicles changes.  The van in motion slows down and the parked car starts to move.