Electric Potential Energy And Voltage

Question 1

What are the two types of charges?

Answer 1

Static electricity and moving electricity- electric current

Question 2

Electric energy

Answer 2

• can be used to do work

- appliances,ipads, lights, cooking, etc.

Question 3

Sources of electrical energy

Answer 3

Electrochemical cell or battery

Question 4

Electrochemical cell

Answer 4

Converts chemical energy to electrical energy to be used for work

Question 5

Battery

Answer 5

A bunch of electrochemical cells connected together

Question 6

Electric potential energy

Answer 6

Electric energy that is stored in a battery

Question 7

Law of the conservation of energy

Answer 7

• energy can’t be created or destroyed

- it can only be transformed from one form to another

Question 8

What are the two types of energy?

Answer 8

Potential and kinetic

Question 9

Potential energy

Answer 9

Stored energy

Question 10

Kinetic energy

Answer 10

Moving energy

Question 11

Electric potential difference

Answer 11

• amount of potential energy for each coulomb of charge
• potential differences comes from separation of charges
• also called voltage (V)

Question 12

Two types of batteries

Answer 12

Dry cell and wet cell