Energy Transformation Study Guide Flashcards
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What unit is used to measure energy?
Joule
When a roller coaster is at the top of a hill it has what type of energy?
Gravitational Potential Energy
What kind of energy is stored in food?
Chemical Energy
Light, x-rays, and radio waves are all types of what kind of energy?
Electromagnetic Energy
What type of energy is stored in the bonds between atoms?
Chemical Energy
What is the sum of potential and kinetic energy?
Mechanical Energy
What kind of energy is stored in the nucleus of an atom?
Nuclear Energy
What kind of energy is the energy of movement?
Kinetic Energy
What kind of energy does a stretched rubber band have?
Elastic Potential Energy
What is the ability to do work or cause change?
Energy
What is the law of the conservation of energy?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can change from one form to another.
When you play the guitar, what kind of energy does the vibration of the strings create?
Sound Energy
What kind of energy is sunlight, potential or kinetic?
Kinetic Energy
What kind of energy is food, potential or kinetic?
Potential Energy
What kind of energy is a moving car, potential or kinetic?
Kinetic Energy
What kind of energy is a battery, potential or kinetic?
Potential Energy
What kind of energy is the sound of a horn, potential or kinetic?
Kinetic Energy
What kind of energy is a ball at the top of a hill, potential or kinetic?
Potential Energy
Which system shows a transformation from chemical to electrical and light energy?
A. A car battery causes the headlights to shine.
B. A candle burns and lights up the room.
C. A display of fireworks in the night sky.
D. An avalanche rolls down a steep
A. A car battery causes the headlights to shine.
Which has more potential energy?
a. empty jar on a shelf
b. full jar on a shelf
c. full jar rolling up a ramp
d. full jar rolling down a ram
b. full jar on a shelf
Which of the following is NOT a form of energy?
a. Air
b. light
c. heat
d. sound
a. air
An object is in motion if:
a. its position changes relative to its surroundings.
b. energy is applied to the object.
c. a force is applied to it
d. it loses energy.
a. its position changes relative to its surroundings.
Gravitational Potential energy is affected by the object’s mass and what other condition?
a. weight
b. height
c. size
d. energy
b. height
What kind of energy does any object above the ground that gravity can
affect have?
Gravitational Potential Energy
