Energy Vocabulary | Potential & Kinetic Energy | What’s Your Potential? | Forms of Energy | More Forms of Energy |
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Any push or pull
Force
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The object with the most potential energy
Cow, Ball, Dog or Human
Cow
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The type of potential energy does food have
Chemical potential energy
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An unused battery
Chemical energy
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Hydrogen atoms fusing into helium atoms on the sun is a form of this energy
What is nuclear energy?
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Stored energy based on an object’s position
Potential Energy
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If he was swinging, when he would have the most potential energy
At the highest point of the swing
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The type of potential energy does the rollercoaster have
Gravitational potential energy
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Pedaling a bicycle
Mechanical energy
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The energy transformation in lightning (3 forms)
What is electrical to electromagnetic to thermal
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Type of energy a moving object has
Kinetic Energy
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As an object’s height increases, it potential energy…
Increases
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The type of potential energy does a Bow and Arrow have
Elastic potential energy
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When ice cream melts is gains…
Thermal energy
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Water falling from behind a dam to run a power plant (2 forms)
What is mechanical to electrical?
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The ability to do work or cause change
Energy
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Unit for energy
Joules
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The type of potential energy does and atom have
Chemical potential energy
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Where would there be more potential energy
Highest point
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A fan plugged in to the wall (2 forms)
What is electrical to mechanical?
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When a object is at rest it does not have any kinetic energy
True
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Unit for Acceleration
m/s2
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Highest point has more what
Potential
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Where would there be more kinetic energy
Lowest point
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A solar panel (2 forms)
What is solar to electrical?
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