Thermal Energy
Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy
Energy Transformation
Random facts
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What is thermal energy?
Energy contained within a system that is responsible for its temperature.
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What is Kinetic Energy?
Energy of Motion/Movement
100
What is Potential Energy?
Energy that is Stored
100
What happens to the energy in the ball as it falls?
It transforms from Potential Energy into Kinetic Energy
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What Professional sport does Tiger Woods play?
Golf
200
What direction does thermal energy move?
Hot to cold
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What two factors affect Kinetic Energy?
Mass and Velocity (Speed)
200
List three types of Potential Energy.
Gravitational, Chemical, Elastic, Nuclear
200
Going down a roller coaster to gain momentum and energy to get up the next hill is an example of what type of energy?
Gravitational Potential Energy -> Kinetic Energy
200
True or False: We share 50 Percent of our Genome with a banana:
TRUE
300
When you burn yourself with a curling iron what type of thermal energy transfer is that?
Conduction
300
Describe the difference in kinetic energy between a semi truck and a small car:
The heavier the car (more mass) created more Kinetic Energy. Compared to the mass of a small car, will have less kinetic energy.
300
What happens to the skaters Potential Energy as they move UP the ramp?
The PE Increases
300
Draw a Bar Graph to show how much Potential and Kinetic Energy this skater has at their position.
300
______ are the only mammals that can't jump.
Elephants
400
You dip your toe into a pool and it feels warm, but you jump in and the bottom is cold. What type of thermal energy transfer is this?
Convection
400
Where on this track would the skater have the most Kinetic Energy?
The bottom of the highest drop.
400
Label the Potential Energy from Highest to Lowest
G - A - F - B - E - C- D
400
Draw a Bar Graph to show how much Potential and Kinetic Energy this skater has at their position.
400
What year did WWII start and how did it start?
1939 with Germany invading Poland
500
Describe how a pole vaulter makes it over the pole using energy conversions
Chemical energy -> Kinetic energy
Elastic Potential energy -> Kinetic Energy
Kinetic Energy -> GPE
500
These two trucks run into a building. If they were going the same speed. How would you explain why one truck does more damage?
The yellow truck has more mass, it would do more damage because it has more kinetic energy.
500
Describe how Elastic Potential Energy relates to Kinetic Energy. Provide and example, and be prepared to share.
Answers will vary.
500
Describe what happens to the Potential and Kinetic Energy energy while someone plays jump rope. take a few minutes to collect your thoughts.
Answers may vary
500
Who discovered evolution and what year was it discovered?
1859