Kinetic or Potential
A basketball falling through the hoop.
kinetic
What is energy?
the ability to cause motion or create change
The path of light.
straight
child at the top of a slide
potential
The electrical energy from a radio turns into what form of energy when you turn it on to listen to music?
Sound Energy
Being able to see yourself from another surface.
reflection
falling leaf
kinetic
After a light bulb is left on for a long time, its light energy releases...
heat energy.
A duck is swimming in a lake during the day, you notice the bottom half of its body looks distorted. What explains this?
Refraction
child swinging
potential and kinetic
The total amount of potential and kinetic energy.
Mechanical energy
When light gets taken in by a dark colored object, such as cardboard.
Absorption
Susan steps down on a pen with a spring. How does the energy change on the spring when she releases the button?
It goes from potential to kinetic.
A stove's electrical energy produces which kind of energy when turned on?
Heat
Which of the following will absorb a beam of light?
a. a glass window
b. a mirror
c. a pond
d. a mountain
d. a mountain