ENERGY Forms Transformations Thermal. FORMS OF ENERGY Essential Question: How can you tell the...

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ENERGY Forms Transformations Thermal

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FORMS OF ENERGY

Essential Question:How can you tell the difference between potential and kinetic energy?

POTENTIAL ENERGY

Stored energy due to the interactions between objects or particles.

KINETIC ENERGYEnergy due to movement. (Energy in motion)

LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY

Law states that energy can be transformed from one form to another; but it cannot be created or destroyed.

FORMS OF ENERGYTABLE 1 P 143

•MECHANICAL ENERGY•SOUND ENERGY•THERMAL ENERGY•ELECTRIC ENERGY•RADIANT ENERGY – LIGHT ENERGY•NUCLEAR ENERGY

MECHANICAL ENERGY

The sum of potential energy and kinetic energy in a system of objects.

SOUND ENERGY

The energy that sound carries.

THERMAL ENERGY

The sum of kinetic energy and potential energy of the particles that make up an object.

ELECTRIC ENERGY

The energy an electric current carries.

RADIANT ENERGY – LIGHT ENERGY

The energy that electromagnetic waves carry.

NUCLEAR ENERGY

Energy that is stored and released in the nucleus of an atom.

ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONSESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

HOW DOES THE LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY

APPLY TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF ENERGY TRANSFER IN

NATURE?

WHAT EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THE LAW OF CONSERVATION OF

ENERGY?

WHAT ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS TAKE

PLACE IN YOUR DAILY LIVES?

THERMAL ENERGYESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

Why is it wrong to say, “ I am cold “ ?

How do we use the concept of thermal energy in our daily lives?