Ch 15-1 Guided Reading ENERGY AND ITS FORMS

Read the subsection ENERGY AND WORK and answer these questions as you do.
1. Define energy.

2. What does work transfer?

3. What is the SI unit for energy?

4. From where does the energy you have to lift you backpack come?

5. Summarize the subsection energy and work.

6. So what does this reading mean to you?

Read the subsection KINETIC ENERGY and answer these questions as you do.
7. Define kinetic energy.

8. What are the 2 variables of kinetic energy?

9. List the formula for kinetic energy.

10. Summarize the subsection kinetic energy.

11. How have you used kinetic energy?

Read the subsection POTENTIAL ENERGY and answer these questions as you do.
12. Define potential energy.

13. How many types of potential energy are there?

Read the subsection GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY and answer these
questions as you do.
14. What potential energy is based on an objects height?

15. What variables are there to the previous answer?

16. List the formula for the above answer.

17. What is the rate of acceleration of gravity?

18. What happens if you increase the mass or the height?

Read the subsection ELASTIC POTENTIAL ENERGY and answer these questions as you
do.
19. What are the two positions of an object that give it elastic potential energy?

20. What type of energy can elastic potential be converted into?

21. Summarize the subsection on POTENTIAL ENERGY

22. Give an example of each type of potential energy.

Read the subsection FORMS OF ENERGY and answer these questions as you do.
23. List and define the 6 forms of energy
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24. How do you use or observe the different forms of energy?
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