Exit Ticket #26: Energy Conversions

What is the energy of motion that depends on speed and mass?

• Potential Energy
• Kinetic Energy
• Chemical Energy
• Thermal Energy

What is the energy of position or shape that depends on weight and height, also called stored energy?

• Potential Energy
• Kinetic Energy
• Chemical Energy
• Sound Energy

What is energy?

• It is measured in watts
• It is the ability to do work
• It is power
• It is fluid motion

"Roller coaster at the top of the hill" Which type of energy is this example?

• Elastic Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Electromagnetic Energy

"Rubber band is stretched"

Which type of energy is this example?

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Sound Energy

• Elastic Energy

Which of these statements correctly describes the potential and kinetic energy of this girl?

• When the girl goes from position A to B, her kinetic energy decreases

• When the girl is at position A her potential energy is the least and her kinetic energy is the greatest

• When the girl is at position A her potential energy is the greatest and her kinetic energy is the least

• When the girl goes from position A to B, her potential energy increases

Which coconut has the greatest gravitational potential energy?

• Position 1
• Position 2
• Position 3
• None of the above

At what position does the cyclist have the least gravitational potential energy?

• A
• B
• C
• D

The diagram below shows a hot air balloon rising. Propane gas tanks are seen at the bottom of the balloon.  What energy transformations occur when propane gas is used to lift the balloon? 

• Mechanical to light to chemical
• Chemical to thermal to mechanical 
• Chemical to mechanical to thermal 
• Thermal to chemical to light

What is happening at B?

• Lowest kinetic energy, highest potential energy
• Highest kinetic energy, lowest potential energy