Big Ideas 10 and 11: Energy

 The ability to cause motion or create change, cannot be created or destroyed.

• Energy

• Reflect

• Bend

• Absorb

Energy you can see that travels in a straight line. 

• Light Energy

• Reflect

• Bend

• Absorb

To bounce light, sound, or heat off of a surface.

• Light Energy

• Reflect

• Bend

• Absorb

To change the direction of light, sound, heat, or other energy as it travels across or through something.

• Light Energy

• Reflect

• Bend

• Absorb

To take up and store energy.

• Light Energy

• Reflect

• Bend

• Absorb

Energy you can hear that is produced by vibrations. 

• Light Energy

• Sound Energy

• Vibration

• Pitch

Energy you can feel that causes a change in temperature.  

• Conductor

• Heat or Thermal Energy

• Insulator

• Heat Transfer

A material that allows energy, such as heat and electricity, to flow through it easily.

• Conductor

• Heat or Thermal Energy

• Insulator

• Heat Transfer

A material that does not allow energy, such as electricity or heat, to pass through it. 

• Conductor

• Heat or Thermal Energy

• Insulator

• Heat Transfer

When heat moves from a hotter object to a colder object.

• Conductor

• Heat or Thermal Energy

• Insulator

• Heat Transfer