ENERGY STUDY GUIDE ANSWER KEY

1.) Label the type of energy used in each of the examples below:
-Stretched out rubber band (potential)
-Cart sitting on TOP of a hill of a roller coaster (potential)
-Turning on a hair dryer (electrical/heat)
-Turning on a battery-operated flashlight (chemical/light)
-Glass of water being knocked off a table (potential/kinetic)
-Water flowing from behind a dam (mechanical/electrical)
-A light bulb (electrical/light)
2.) In the pictures below describe where potential and kinetic energy are at their highest/lowest
points

Point 3: Maximum KINETIC energy Points A/D: Maximum POTENTIAL energy

Point 5: Maximum POTENTIAL energy Point B: Maximum KINETIC energy

Point 3 (top of jump): Maximum POTENTIAL energy

3.) As the mass of an object increases, its kinetic energy will increase.
4.) When energy is transformed from one form to another, some of the original energy is always
converted into what type of energy?
5.) Describe the types of energy listed below:
-Stored energy in an object due to its position potential
-Energy of an object due to the motion of its atoms and molecules kinetic
-Energy created when an atom splits apart/joins another atom nuclear
-Energy stored in the connections/bonds between atoms chemical
6.) Which situation will have the most potential energy?
-A 75 lb student jumping from a 2 ft ladder -A 120 lb student jumping from a 2 ft ladder
-A 75 lb student jumping from a 4 ft ladder -A 120 lb student jumping from a 4 ft ladder
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7.) Which ball has the most kinetic energy?

The ball at the bottom of the ramp

8.) Explain the relationship between height and gravitational potential energy?
-As height increases gravitational potential energy increases
9.) At room temperature, the particles in all matter do which of the following?
10.) Label the parts of the heat transfer diagram below

11.) How is the Earth heated by the sun? Radiation

12.) When you touch a hot curling iron what type of heat transfer is happening to your hand?
conduction
13.) What type of heat transfer occurs in boiling water? Convection
14.) Describe what will happen if you place a hot object into a cold object
-Thermal energy is transferred from the warmer object to the colder object.