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Kinetic/Potential Energy
Forms of Energy
Changes in Energy
Forms of Energy
Heat Transfer
100
The ability to do work.
What is energy?
100
Energy carried by electricity.
What is electrical energy?
100
Trace the energy transfer in photosynthesis.
What is radiant/light energy to chemical energy?
100
This is a type of energy that is released by a chemical reaction or by the breaking of chemical bonds in compounds.
What is chemical energy?
100
Travels through electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?
200
The cart on top of the roller coaster. (Greater Potential Energy or Greater Kinetic Energy)
What is greater potential energy?
200
Energy an object has due to its motion, position or condition.
What is mechanical energy?
200
This law states that energy can never be created or destroyed.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
200
Energy that comes from the electrons within atoms
What is electrical energy?
200
Direct transfer of heat from hotter objects to colder objects.
What is conduction?
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
The energy conversion when a lamp is turned on.
What is electrical to light/radiant?
300
Energy created by the motion of atoms and molecules that occurs within an object.
What is a heat/thermal energy?
300
An object that is conducts heat well (examples are metals).
What is a conductor?
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
The energy conversion when a gasoline powered car made it move.
What is chemical to mechanical kinetic?
400
Energy that can move through empty space.
What radiant energy?
400
When there is uneven heating in fluids. Hot air rises and cold air sinks.
What is convection?
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 change shown in a ball thrown from the top of a building. .
What is potential to kinetic?
500
Energy contained in the nucleus of an atom
What is nuclear energy?
500
Energy transfer from the sun to earth.
What is Radiation?