Transformation of energy
Standard #34: SC.7.P.11.2 Investigate and describe the transformation of energy from one form to another. Also, relate this to the law of conservation of energy.
Summary: Describe how energy transforms from one form to another, and relate this to the law of conservation of energy.
Vocabulary:
Energy: Is the ability to do work or cause change.
Energy Transformation: Is a change from one form of energy to another.
Potential Energy: Is the energy that results from the position or shape of an object.
Kinetic Energy: Is the energy that results from the motion of an object.
Friction: Is the force that one surface exerts on another surface when two surfaces rub against each other.
Law of Conservation of Energy:
Is the scientific principle that energy is neither lost nor created during a transformation. It is simply conserved or passed on.
Notes: If it isn't obvious enough, energy transformations are when one form of energy transforms to another form of energy. This new form of energy isn't exactly "new", by the law of conservation it is known that energy is not simply lost or created, it is conserved and passed along through energy transformations. A common example of an energy transformation is between kinetic energy and potential energy. For instance you have a model airplane that is powered by a rubber band, and you start to spin the propeller around which coils the rubber band at the same time, storing potential energy and when you let it go the rubber band and it uncoils the potential energy transforms into kinetic energy.
Summary: Describe how energy transforms from one form to another, and relate this to the law of conservation of energy.
Vocabulary:
Energy: Is the ability to do work or cause change.
Energy Transformation: Is a change from one form of energy to another.
Potential Energy: Is the energy that results from the position or shape of an object.
Kinetic Energy: Is the energy that results from the motion of an object.
Friction: Is the force that one surface exerts on another surface when two surfaces rub against each other.
Law of Conservation of Energy:
Is the scientific principle that energy is neither lost nor created during a transformation. It is simply conserved or passed on.
Notes: If it isn't obvious enough, energy transformations are when one form of energy transforms to another form of energy. This new form of energy isn't exactly "new", by the law of conservation it is known that energy is not simply lost or created, it is conserved and passed along through energy transformations. A common example of an energy transformation is between kinetic energy and potential energy. For instance you have a model airplane that is powered by a rubber band, and you start to spin the propeller around which coils the rubber band at the same time, storing potential energy and when you let it go the rubber band and it uncoils the potential energy transforms into kinetic energy.
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