Potential Energy
What is the definition of potential energy?
The energy of relative position between two interacting objects.
What is the definition of kinetic energy?
Energy an object has because it is moving.
What kind of a potential energy is a stretched rubber band?
Elastic
What kind of kinetic energy is the particles of milk flowing past each other?
Thermal kinetic energy
What category and type of energy is the following: A cyclist riding a stationary bike?
Rotational Kinetic energy
What is gravitational potential energy?
The energy due to an object's height and relationship with gravity.
What is translational kinetic energy?
Energy from something moving in a straight line
What kind of potential energy is a skydiver getting ready to jump?
Gravitational
What kind of kinetic energy is the Earth rotating on its axis?
Rotational kinetic energy
What category and type of energy is the following: an eagle soaring over a lake looking for a fish?
1. Translational Kinetic Energy
2. Gravitational Potential Energy
What is chemical potential energy?
Energy that exists due to the chemical bonds of substances within an object.
What is rotational kinetic energy?
Energy from an object rotating or spinning
What kind of potential energy is gasoline?
Chemical
What type of kinetic energy is the strings of a violin being played?
Vibrational
What category and type of energy is the following: a tightrope walker walking across a rope over the Grand Canyon?
1. Gravitational Potential
OR
2. Translational Kinetic
What is elastic potential energy?
Potential energy due to an object that is deformed by stretching or compressing.
What is vibrational kinetic energy?
Energy an object possesses to the object moving back and forth.
What type of potential energy is the coil spring of a wind-up clock?
Elastic
What type of kinetic energy is lightning?
Electrical
What category and type of energy is the following: a violinist moving their bow string across the strings of a violin?
1. Vibrational kinetic energy
2. Translational Kinetic energy
What are the names of the three main types of potential energy that we discussed in class?
1. Gravitational
2. Chemical
3. Elastic
What is electrical kinetic energy?
A type of kinetic energy due to moving electrical charges.
What two types of potential energy does a loaf of bread sitting on the edge of a cliff have?
Gravitational and chemical
What type of kinetic energy is a soccer ball being passed in a straight line?
Translational
What category and type of energy is the following: A frisbee being thrown across a field?
1. Gravitational Potential Energy
2. Rotational Kinetic Energy
OR
3. Translational Kinetic Energy