Forms of Energy
Energy that comes from the motion of objects.
What is kinetic energy?
When energy changes from one form to another.
What is an energy transformation?
The measure of the average motion of particles.
What is temperature?
A repeating pattern that transfers energy.
What is a wave?
White light is made of many of these.
What are colors?
Stored energy due to position or shape.
What is potential energy?
A toaster changes electrical energy into this form.
What is thermal energy?
Energy that moves from warmer objects to cooler objects.
What is heat?
Waves that require matter to travel through.
What are mechanical waves?
Light bouncing off an object.
What is reflection?
Energy we can see with our eyes.
What is light energy?
A flashlight transforms chemical energy into electrical energy and then into this.
What is light energy?
The temperature scale commonly used in science class.
What is degrees Celsius?
Waves that can travel through empty space.
What are electromagnetic waves?
Light bending as it moves through different materials.
What is refraction?
Energy transferred as vibrations through matter.
What is sound energy?
At the top of a hill, a roller coaster has mostly this type of energy
What is potential energy?
When temperature increases, particles move this way.
What is faster?
The distance between two crests or two troughs.
What is wavelength?
Electromagnetic radiation with longer wavelengths than visible light.
What is infrared radiation?
Energy stored in food, fuels, and batteries.
What is chemical energy?
Why energy transformations are never 100% efficient.
What is energy being lost as heat?
Why metal feels colder than wood at the same temperature.
What is thermal conductivity?
As frequency increases, wave energy does this.
What increases?
Electromagnetic radiation that can cause sunburn.
What is ultraviolet radiation?