Kinetic/Potential Energy
Forms of Energy
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Diagrams
100
The ability to do work or cause change.
What is energy?
100
Energy carried by electricity.
What is electrical energy?
100
Which form of energy is this an example of?
Electrical
100
Which point on the pendulum's swing represents the minimum potential energy?
Point B
200
At which point is the skateboarder's potential energy the greatest?
Point W
200
Energy an object has due to its motion, position or condition.
What is mechanical energy?
200
Energy released when atoms split or come together.
Nuclear
200
Which point on the roller coaster's path represents the maximum potential energy?
Point A
300
The energy any object has because of its motion.
What is kinetic energy?
300
Which form of energy is represented in the picture?
Mechanical Energy
300
Energy stored in an object when it is compressed or stretched, like in a spring or rubber band.
Elastic Potential
300
How would you describe the relationship between the mass of a car and its kinetic energy?
As mass increases, kinetic energy increases
400
Stored energy or energy that an object has due to its position.
What is potential energy?
400
Energy stored in the way atoms are connected to each other.
What is chemical energy?
400
A weight lifter holds a weight above his head for 30 seconds without letting it drop.
As the weight lifter holds the barbell above his head, the barbell has –
Gravitational Potential Energy
400
Where would this tossed baseball have the least amount of kinetic energy?
Point X
500
As a roller coaster car goes down a hill, its potential energy is changed into this.
What is kinetic energy?
500
Energy of the movement of atoms and molecules.
What is thermal (heat) energy?
500
Potential and Kinetic energy are ________________ proportional.
Inversely
500
When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy highest?
Point 3