Kinetic Vs. Potential
Magnets
Energy
Light/Sound
Mystery
100
What type of energy does a ball have?
Kinetic Energy
100
How do like electrical charges affect each other?
Like electric charges repel each other.
100
If you were to pull your sweater from a hot dryer and discover that a sock is stuck to it. What must be true about the electrical charges of the sweater and the sock? Why?
The sweater and the sock must have unlike electric charges, because unlike charges attract.
100
Why would a straw in a glass look bent?
Light refraction.
100
What is Jake's nickname?
Acorn
200
What type of energy does a diver standing on a diving board have?
What is Potential Energy
200
How do unlike electrical charges affect each other?
Unlike charges attract each other.
200
What is the material called that does not let electrical charges flow through?
Insulator
200
Heat from the sun travels through space and reaches earth through what?
radiation
200
When is Mrs. Eck'Art's Birthday?
August 19th
300
What kind of energy does a slinky have?
Kinetic Energy
300
Positive and negative units of electricity carried by tiny particles in atoms are called?
electric charges?
300
What is the difference between an electric motor and an electric generator?
An electric motor changes electrical energy into mechanical energy. A generator changes mechanical energy into electrical energy.
300
What if a guitar had strips of steel instead of strings. Could you make sounds with such a guitar? Explain how or how not.
Yes. You could make sounds by hitting strips of steel with a drumstick to make vibrations.
300
When is Ms. Potts getting married?
June 12
400
What type of energy does a sprinter have waiting for the start?
Potential Energy
400
Where on a magnet is the magnetic force greatest?
Near the end at the magnetic pole.
400
In order for a bulb to be lit does the pathway broken or unbroken?
unbroken pathway for the electrical current.
400
A green object appears green because why?
It reflects only green light.
400
How did Lucas hurt his big toe?
He was riding his bike with flip flops and stubbed it.
500
What type of Energy does a baseball player up at bat have?
Potential Energy
500
What are the two types of magnets?
permanent magnets and temporary magnets.
500
What is it called that lets electrical charges flow through?
Conductor
500
How do you think a mirror works? Describe what happens to light waves.
A mirror works by reflection. A mirror is a smooth shiny surface and light waves bounce off the mirror.
500
What instrument does Kievit play?
The clarinet.