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