Conservation of energy means that energy can be neither__________ nor __________
Question 3
3.
Question 4
4.
a bicycle pedeling up a hill
an archer with his bow drawn
a volleyball player spiking a ball
the chemical bonds in sugar
a baseball thrown to second base
walking down a street
sitting on a tall tree branch
a spring mousetrap set and ready to trap a mouse
Kinetic energy
Potential energy
An interaction between two objects (like a ball bouncing, or two cars colliding) starts with a certain amount of energy. The same amount of energy will exist after the interaction takes place.
True
False
Two cars crash. Each had a specific amount of energy from moving before the crash, after the crash, the cars are stationary. Which of the following are ways the energy was transfered?
small pieces of the car breaking off and flying away and hitting stuff
deformation energy (bending and breaking parts of the car)