What kind of energy does a rubber band have when it is released from being stretched?
Kinetic energy
Energy in motion
Kinetic energy
Stored energy
Potential energy
If you heat an object, what happens to the particles in the object?
they speed up
What energy transformations does a lamp go through?
electrical to light to thermal
What kind of energy does a rubber band have when it is stretched?
potential energy
True or False: Energy cannot exist in many different forms.
False
vibrations through substances in waves
sound energy
True or False: Energy is continuously transferred and transformed
True
Mechanical energy is the sum of ___________energy and ____________ energy.
Kinetic and Potential
What energy do plants use to make their food?
solar energy
energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
Nuclear Energy
Energy changing from one form to another is called
transformation
The total kinetic energy of an object is _____________ energy.
Thermal energy
Where does most of our energy on Earth come from?
the sun
What is the law of conservation of energy?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed only transferred.