You have a large mug with hot tea and a small mug with ice tea. Which mug has more thermal energy? Explain your answer.
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What energy type is represented in the picture?
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Which type of energy conversion is involved when the arrow is released?
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At which point on the roller coaster will the car have the greatest amount of kinetic energy? Explain why.
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At which point on the roller coaster will the car have the greatest amount of gravitational energy? Explain why.
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What energy type(s) is present at point Z? Explain your answer.
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A student drops a ball from 5 feet above the ground. After bouncing once, it only reaches a maximum height of 4 feet above the ground. Use energy terms to explain why the ball did not reach its original height after bouncing once.
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Miguel claims that as a ball falls, it loses potential energy. Izzy claims that as a ball falls, it gains kinetic energy. Can both students be correct? Describe the evidence which would support either student.
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Part 2: Explain your choice using the map data as evidence.
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A cold can of soda is taken out of the refrigerator. It slowly warms up until it is at room temperature. Once the soda has warmed up, it has more thermal energy than it had in the refrigerator. Where did this additional thermal energy come from?
The thermal energy was already in the soda.
The thermal energy came from the air surrounding the soda can.
The thermal energy came from the air surrounding the soda can and from the soda itself.
The thermal energy came from the refrigerator.
What are the factors that influence the amount of elastic energy in an object? Select all that are correct.
a. height
b. compression
c. hardness
d. mass
As an object falls, what happens to its gravitational energy?
increases
decreases
remains the same
more information is needed
Which of the following does not represent energy being converted?
stretching a rubber band then letting it go
dropping a ball
playing with a yo-yo
a book sitting on a desk
Which of the following types of energy is potential energy? More than one answer is possible.
gravitational energy
kinetic energy
thermal energy
sound energy
In 1908, a meteorite impact occurred in Russia. The dashed line indicates the area in which the fireball that hit the surface of the Earth flattened millions of trees.
Part 1: Which characteristic of the meteorite are supported by the data in the map?
had a large amount of kinetic energy when falling
was travelling from a very long distance in the solar system
had a small mass while falling
Hydropower plants are a type of hydroelectric plant. Here are some steps in the process of generating electricity at these types of plants.
Energy is stored in water found in reservoirs located at low elevations.
The water is pumped to higher elevations.
The water is then released, and then falls due to gravity.
Falling water enables turbines to turn, increasing energy and generating an electrical current.
Part 1: Which change would decrease the amount of potential energy in the hydropower plant system?
Increasing the capacity of the reservoir.
Increasing the length of time the water is stored in the reservoir.
Decreasing the amount of water falling onto the turbines.
Decreasing the height between the reservoir and the location where the water is released.
The diagram shows a type of ramp called a half-pipe that skateboarders and snowboarders use to perform high jumps and tricks in the air.
Part 1: How does the energy compare when the skateboarder is on the bottom of the ramp versus when the skateboarder is in the air performing a trick?
The skateboarder has less gravitational energy on the bottom and more kinetic energy in the air.
The skateboarder has more gravitational energy on the bottom and less in the air.
The skateboarder has more kinetic energy on the bottom and more gravitational energy in the air.
The skateboarder has less kinetic energy on the bottom and more kinetic energy in the air.
Energy can never be created or destroyed, but it's just transferred or transformed.
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False
Ms. Bowen will have less kinetic energy than Anija.
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False
Winter will have more gravitational energy on a 20 foot cliff than DaMond on a 10 foot cliff.
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False
Brandi's hairband has more elastic energy than Kamiya's because it's twisted in her hair more times.