Energy Transfers

What is the definition of energy?

• ability to do work or cause change

• lightning

• potential and kinetic energy

What is potential energy?

• energy in motion

• Stored energy

• a ball running

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Example of potential energy..

• a ball that was thrown

• a ball running down a hill

• A ball at the top of a hill

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What is kinetic energy?

• energy in motion

• stored energy

• a ball at the top of a hill

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Example of kinetic energy..

• a ball rolling down a hill

• a ball at the top of the hill

• a ball at the bottom of a hill

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What happens when energy is transformed?

• if hits but nothing happens

• it stays the same

• is changes from one type of energy to the other

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What is speed?

• how fast something goes

• distance an object travels in a particular direction

• velocity

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What is collison?

• when an object bumps into another object

• transfer of energy

• when a lightbulb lights up

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What is the definition of heat?

• hot to cold

• transfer of thermal energy from one object to another

• something hot

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What is the definition of radiation?

• the heat of a microwave

• the sun

• energy that travels as a wave

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