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Energy Study Guide 2014
- (a) Define Energy:
(b)State the Law of Conservation of Energy:
2. On a separate sheet of paper, and using all 7 forms of energy, (a) classify each of the energy transformations and actionswherever there is a footnote beginning with the production of energy on the Sun1, nextthe energy’s form2 as it travels through space,next the interaction3a of that energy with the chlorophyll in the leaf of a milkweed plant near the pond, nextthe nibbling4a of the milkweed leaf by a Monarch caterpillar, next the food calories5a the Monarch caterpillar gains from the leaf,next the growth6a of the caterpillar to become a Monarch butterfly,nextthe motion7a of the butterfly as it flutters into a dentist’s office where it lands on a child’s mouth, next as the x-rays8a intended for the child’s mouth strike the butterfly, next as the butterfly flies9a out the window, SEPARATELY as the Sun’s rays3b strike the nearby land, NEXT as the land warms4b from the rays, NEXT as the moist air rises5b to form a cumulonimbus cloud, NEXT as the moisture cools6b to become raindrops, NEXT as the some raindrops collide7bwith each other, NEXT as the collisions build up an electrical charge8bin the cloud, SEPARATELY as the updraft from the rising warm air carries the butterfly upwards10aNEXT as a bolt of lightning9bresults from the charges in the cloud NEXT as the lightning passes10b through the air, NEXTas the air rapidly increases its temperature11bNEXT as the butterfly in that air burns12b instantly to ashes, NEXT as the ashes cool13b, NEXT as the ashes slowly get lower14b to the ground, NEXT as the ashes of the butterfly dissolve15b in the rain water on the ground, and NEXT as the dissolved rain water climbs up16b the stalk of a milkweed plant near the pond, and NEXT as the dissolved rain water is part of photosynthesis17b, and NEXT as a young Monarch caterpillar begins to eat18b the leaf of the milkweed plant, and LAST as it begins to sing19b “The Inky Dinky Spider climbed up the water spout”.
3. Six different forms of energy are represented by the six letters C H E M E N, and one form of energy for stored energy beginning with a “P”. Provide a brief definition of each, with an written example and drawing for each kind on the attached sheet of paper.
P…C….H….E…M….E…N
4. Define the three major ways that thermal energy can go from one place to another, to include an example and drawing for each.
5. Describe Galileo’s experiments with pendulum, similar to those conducted in the classroom. State the independent and dependent variables, and outcomes.
6. Show the points where the maximums and minimums of Kinetic and Potential energy, occur for the child on a swing below. (KEMax, KEMin, PEMax, PEMin)
7. List the first kind of energy occurring in each action below (in italics), and then the next kind energy it gets transformed to.
Action First kind of energyNext kind of energy
(a)You chew food, and
have higher blood sugar levels______
(b)You walk on a floor and
get a shock from a door knob.______
(c) A microwave oven makes
a cup of water hotter ______
(d)A brickhangs by a thread.
It drops as the thread breaks______
Answers to question 2
Footnote / Action / Energy form / Reason why1
2
3a
4a
5a
6a
7a / NONE / NONE / Mr. Peck messed up
8a
9a
10a
12a
13a
14a
15a
3b
4b
5b
6b
7b
8b
9b
10b
11b
12b
13b
14b
15b
16b
18b
19b