Energy Conversion | Types of Energy | Heat Transfer | Vocabulary | Other |
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Potential to Kinetic
A ball is pushed off a table and begins to fall. Which type of energy conversion is taking place?
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The lowest point of the roller coaster.
On a roller coaster, which point has the greatest kinetic energy?
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Heat travels from the hotter object to the colder object.
Energy is transferred in solids by conduction, which means that _________________.
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Energy
The ability to do work or case change.
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When it reaches its highest point.
A cannonball is shot into the air. Where is the most potential energy?
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Potential: Kinetic
As a roller coaster goes downhill _____________ energy is converted into ____________ energy.
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Potential
A compressed spring has what type of energy?
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Farther apart and move faster
Conduction occurs more easily between solids and liquids. This is because the particles in gases are __________________.
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The transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?
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Heat
What is the energy transferred between objects that are at different temperatures.
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Just before he starts to fall to the ground.
A pole vaulter runs forward, plants his pole, rises in the air and lands. What point represents his greatest amount of gravitational potential energy?
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Mechanical Energy
Muscles convert chemical energy into what type of energy?
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Convection
What type of heat transfer moves in a circular pattern? Conduction, Convection or Radiation
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Conduction
The transfer of energy as heat from one substance to another through direct contact.
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As the mass of a body increases, its kinetic energy increases.
What is the relationship between the mass of a body and its kinetic energy?
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Heat
A light bulb converts electrical energy into light and ___________.
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As the car drives from the top of the hill to the bottom.
If a car is driving up and down hills when is potential energy converted into kinetic energy?
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Radiation
Heat energy from the sun is called ____________.
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Mechanical Energy
The sum of an object's kinetic and potential energy.
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Mechanical to Sound
What are the energy transformations that take place when your alarm clock goes off?
Electrical to ___________ to _____________. |
Mechanical
When gasoline is burned in a car engine, chemical energy is converted into ____________ energy.
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Elastic Potential; Kinetic
A drawn bow possesses mechanical energy in the form of ____________ energy. After the arrow is released, the energy is transformed into_____________ energy.
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Heat energy from the soup is transferred to the spoon.
Alexis is using a metal spoon to stir her hot chocolate. Why does the spoon feel warm?
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The transfer of energy as heat by the movement of a liquid or gas.
What is convection?
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The total energy of the object.
When an object gains and loses potential and kinetic energy what always remains constant?
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