Potential
Kinetic
Energy Transfers
Vocab.
Name that energy!
100

What is another name for potential energy?

Stored Energy

100

What is another name for kinetic energy?

Released Energy

100

Gas to car

Chemical to Motion

100

What is the definition of potential energy?

The energy that an object or substance has because of its position or condition

100

A ball at the top of a hill.

Potential

200

Energy stored in objects by the application of force (springs, rubber bands, etc)

Elastic Potential Energy

200

The movement of a substance from one place to another (wind, person running, etc)

Motion Kinetic Energy

200

Photosynthesis

Radiant to chemical
200

What is the definition of kinetic energy?

The energy of motion in the form of waves, electrons, atoms, molecules, and substance

200

A dog barking

Kinetic / sound

300

The energy of place or position

Gravitational Potential Energy

300

The energy associated with the vibration or disturbance of matter

Sound Kinetic Energy

300

Ball rolling down a hill

Gravitational to motion

300

What is the definition of energy?

The ability to do work or cause change in matter

300

Riding a bike

Kinetic

400

The energy stored in the nucleus of an atom - the energy that holds the nucleus together

Nuclear Energy

400

The movement of electrons, the energy in electric charges or fields

Electrical Energy

400

Electric Guitar

Electrical to sound

400

What is the law of conservation of energy?

Energy is never created or destroyed, but instead transforms from one form to the next.

400

A cell phone turned off

Potential

500

List all of the types of potential energy:

Gravitational, Nuclear, Elastic, and Chemical

500

List all of the types of kinetic energy:

Motion, Electrical, Sound, Thermal, Radiant/Light

500

Water flowing in a river

Kinetic