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Vocabulary
PE vs. KE
Types of Energy
PE or KE
Energy Transformations
100
The energy of movement or motion.
What is kinetic energy (KE)?
100
Position of a ball dropped from a distance of 2 meters with the most potential energy (PE)?
What is the highest position or 2 meters above the ground?
100
The energy associated with heat.
What is thermal energy?
100
A skydiver falling at a rate of 9.8 meters per second squared.
What is KE?
100
Energy transformation of a toaster.
What is electrical energy into thermal energy?
200
The unit of energy (same as work)
What is Joule (J)?
200
Position of a ball dropped from a distance of 2 meters with the most kinetic energy (KE)?
What just above where is hits the ground or about 0.1 meters from the ground?
200
Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom.
What is nuclear energy?
200
A book laying on top of a coffee table.
What is PE?
200
Energy transformation of burning wood.
What is chemical energy to thermal & electromagnetic energy?
300
The ability to do work or cause change.
What is energy?
300
Position of a pendulum with the most kinetic energy (KE).
What is the lowest part of the swing?
300
Type of energy used to power a big wheel?
What is mechanical energy (ME)?
300
Water at the top of a waterfall.
What is PE?
300
Energy transformation of a light bulb.
What is electrical to electromagnetic?
400
Energy can't be created or destroyed; it only can be transformed from one form to another.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
400
Position of a pendulum with the most potential energy (PE).
What is highest point on either side?
400
Type of energy associated with light, x-rays, radio waves, microwaves, & ultraviolet radiation.
What is electromagnetic energy?
400
Type of PE used to describe an object that is compressed or stretched (change in shape).
What is elastic PE?
400
The reason why a ball doesn't bounce the same height it was dropped; transforms ME into thermal energy.
What is friction?
500
Stored energy; usually associated with shape or position
What is potential energy (PE)?
500
The equation used to calculate mechanical energy (ME)
What is PE + KE?
500
Type of energy in which charged particles move or "flow".
What is electrical energy?
500
Type of PE used to describe an object at a certain height.
What is gravitational PE?
500
Energy transformation of a solar powered calculator.
What is electromagnetic energy to electrical energy?