Vocab and Energy Transfer

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• energy in motion

• Joule

• Unit of measure for energy

• Mass

• stored energy

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• energy is not created nor destroyed

• Potential Energy

• the amount of matter an object makes up

• Kinetic Energy

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• mass x gravity x height

• KE Formula

• speed in a certain direction

• motion

• distance divided by time

• speed

• 1/2 mass x velocity²

• Velocity

• changing position over time

• PE Formula

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• energy due to height and ability to fall

• nuclear potential energy

• stored in the bonds of atoms

• elastic potential energy

• ability to stretch or compress

• chemical potential energy

• stored in the nucleus of an atom

• gravitational potential energy

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• wave vibrations through a medium

• radiant kinetic energy

• electromagnetic wave energy

• thermal kinetic energy

• the movement of electrons

• sound kinetic energy

• the movement of an object

• electrical kinetic energy

• the movement of particles

• mechanical kinetic energy

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• applying a force

• work

• a push or pull on an object

• energy

• the transfer of thermal energy

• heat

• where an object is relative to a point

• position

• the ability to do work or cause change

• force

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It's Monday and you're late for school. You eat a granola bar and run for the bus. Which of the following energy transfers are directly occurring in this example?

​ (a)   to ​ (b)  

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• Chemical
• mechanical
• nuclear
• radiant
• elastic
• electric
• gravitational

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A roller coaster at the top of the hill has most of its energy in the form of gravitational potential energy. As the car rolls down the hill, which energy type is the gravitational potential energy transferred to?

• Mechanical Kinetic

• Electrical Kinetic

• Radiant Kinetic

• Thermal Kinetic

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A stretched rubber band has (a)   energy, but when released, it moves with (b)   energy.

• elastic
• mechanical
• graviational
• nuclear
• chemical
• electrical
• radiant
• sound

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1. Gasoline in a car before it is burned contains ​ (a)   energy but converts to ​ (b)   as the car moves.

• chemical
• mechanical
• elastic
• nuclear
• sound
• electric
• radiant

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A book on a shelf has (a)   energy, but when it falls, it gains (b)   energy.

• potential
• kinetic

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