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Activity 58

Activity 58• Title: Follow the Energy

• Problem: Can you follow the transforming

energy?

• Initial Thoughts:

On a separate piece of paper write the title: Introduction to Activity 58

Copy These Lists DownList 1 List 2 List 3

Roller coaster Absorb Potential Energy

Gravitational Potential Energy

Release The Law of Conservation of Energy

Transformation Energy Energy Transfer

Chemical Energy Interaction Energy Transformation

Kinetic Energy Height Efficiency

1. Cross out the word or phrase that does not belong.2. Circle the word or phrase that includes the others on the list.

Note: There may be more than one correct answer to a single word sort.

Law of Conservation of Energy

List 1• Roller coaster• Gravitational

Potential Energy• Transformation• Chemical Energy• Kinetic Energy

Why does this work?

Law of Conservation of Energy

List 2• Absorb• Release• Energy• Interaction• Height

Why does this work?

Law of Conservation of Energy

List 3• Potential Energy• The Law of

Conservation of Energy

• Energy Transfer• Energy

Transformation• Efficiency

Why does this work?

READ THE PROCEDURE!

Activity 58Introduction: Energy is never created or

destroyed. It is possible to follow energy transfer through many transformations. Most of earth’s energy can be traced back to the Sun which emits electromagnetic energy (light).

Energy Cards

Each Pair will get 2 Cards as you finish with each card, pass it to the right until the teacher tells you to stop. We will share our answers as a class.

Event number

List of energy types before transformation

List of energy types after transformation

Sentence(s) describing the transformation

8 (water fall)

Gravitational Potential Energy

Kinetic (motion, sound)

Water falling over the dam loses gravitational potential energy and gains kinetic energy, until at the bottom it has been transformed into kinetic and some sound energy.