Kinetic Energy
This type of energy comes from the sun
What is light energy? OR What is thermal/heat energy?
Energy that is stored, that is later turned into kinetic energy.
What is potential energy?
A machine designed to perform a simple task in an overly complicated way.
What is a Rube Goldberg machine?
The flow of electrons.
What is electricity?
The type of energy that a rolling ball has
What is mechanical energy?
What is gravitational energy?
The energy transformation that a lamp does: ____ energy to ____ energy
What is electrical energy to light energy?
Materials that do not conduct electricity; such as plastic, paper, balloons, etc.
What is an insulator?
The type of energy that speakers on a radio or computer have
What is sound energy?
The type of energy that a spring has
What is stored mechanical energy?
The energy transformation that a slingshot does: ____ energy to _____ energy
What is stored mechanical energy to mechanical energy?
Materials that allow electricity to flow through; such as copper, aluminum, gold, etc.
What is a conductor?
The type of energy used to power devices like phones, computers, lights, etc.
What is electrical energy?
The type of energy stored in plants and our bodies
What is chemical energy?
The energy transformation that a ball does when you drop it: _____ energy to _____ energy
What is gravitational energy to mechanical energy?
An electric charge most often caused from friction (rubbing things together).
What is static electricity?
The type of energy caused by the vibration of atoms and molecules
What is thermal (or heat) energy?
The type of energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
What is nuclear energy?
The type of energy that a battery does: ____ energy to _____ energy
What is chemical energy to electrical energy?
This is one of the most commonly used conductors.
What is copper?