Energy Tranformation
When you use a toaster, what type of energy transfer is this?
Electrical to Thermal
Type of energy that is stored.
Heat moves from the _____ object to the ______ object.
hotter ; cooler
A category of waves that can travel through a medium or a vacuum
Electromagnetic
When light bounces off a mirror, this is happening.
Reflection
As the speed of a falling object increase, its potential energy will
The sun provides what two types of energy?
Radiant and Thermal
What has more heat energy? A match or a giant ice sculpture.
Giant ice sculpture.
Waves that need a medium
Mechanical
A prism splits white light in to how many colors?
7
At Halloween, you take a glow stick, crack the capsule inside and shake until it glows. What is the energy transformation?
Chemical to Light
Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only transformed.
Law of conservation of energy
Name the four phases of matter...
Solid, Liquid, Gas, Plasma
This wave is slowed when traveling through water
**Daily Double** A blue object does this to all colors except blue.
Absorb
What type of energy transformation happen when you use an electrical pencil sharpener?
What is electrical to mechanical to sound energy
Energy created from the fusion or breaking of atoms.
Nuclear
In what sense do we say there is no such thing as cold?
Cold isn't a thing in itself, but is an absence of thermal energy or heat.
This wave travels fastest in a dense medium
Sound
Process that bend light toward the normal when it changes mediums
Refraction
When you put gas in a car, ________ energy is being transformed into ___________ energy.
Chemical, Mechanical
Type of energy that moves in electromagnetic waves
Radiant
How long does Heat Transfer take place?
Until both objects have the same amount of energy.
This type of electromagnetic energy is *NOT* in light from the sun
Radio
This is the reason you wouldn't want to wear a black shirt while mowing the lawn in July.
because black absorbs the most light/heat?