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Kinetic/Potential Energy
Forms of Energy
Changes in Energy
MRS CHEN
Energy Transformations
100
The ability to do work.
What is energy?
100
Energy carried by electricity.
What is electrical energy?
100

This is an example of radiant energy being changed to chemical energy.

What is photosynthesis?

100

This is a type of energy that travels in waves and can travel through empty space.

What is radiant energy?

100

What is the energy transformation of a burning candle?

Chemical->Thermal

200
A force (a push or pull) applied to an object which forces the object to move.
What is work?
200
Energy an object has due to its motion, position or condition.
What is mechanical energy?
200
This is an example of radiant energy being changed to electrical energy.
What is a solar powered calculator?
200

Energy stored due to an object’s position or shape.

potential

200

What is the energy transformation in a battery powered flashlight?

Chemical->Electrical->Heat and Light

300
The energy any object has because of its motion.
What is kinetic energy?
300
Energy formed when an atom splits apart or when two atoms join to form one.
What is nuclear energy?
300
This is an example of electrical energy being changed to radiant energy.
What is a lamp?
300

Energy of motion.

kinetic / mechanical

300

What is the energy transformation in a campfire?

Chemical->Heat and Light

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

This is an example of radiant energy being changed to thermal energy.

What are solar panels?

400

The energy stored in food and fuel.

chemical

400

What is the energy transformation in a windmill?

Mechanical to electric

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 energy?
500

This is an example of chemical energy being changed to thermal energy and then to mechanical energy and finally to electrical energy.

What is a power plant?

500

Energy found in the nucleus of atoms

nuclear

500
These sound waves can be used to create images of a patient's body without the harmful effects of x-rays.
What are ultrasound waves?