Question | Answer |
What are the 2 main categories of energy that all types of energy fall into? | Kinetic & Potential Energy |
What are the 7 types of energy? | Mechanical, Thermal, Radiant, Nuclear, Electrical, Sound, & Chemical |
What factors determine something’s kinetic energy? | Mass and velocity |
What factors determine something’s gravitational potential energy? | Mass and height |
What is work as it relates to energy? | Energy is transferred to an object |
What is the relationship between height and speed? In other words, as height increases, what happens to the speed of an object? | As the height of an object increases, the speed decreases |
State the law of conservation of energy | Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed into different forms |
Something can have potential energy due to two things. What are they? | Position & Chemical |
Does energy change form? | Yes |
How much kinetic energy does a 20kg ball have that is moving 30m/s? | 9000 J |
How much kinetic energy does a 5,000kg car have when it is driving down the road at 200m/s? | 100,000,000 J |
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