Energy of motion is referred to as _____________.
kinetic energy
A book is pushed off the edge of a table. At what point during the fall will the potential and kinetic energy be equal?1
1/2 of the way down
velocity is what?
speed
what energy do you have when you eat?
kinetic
Stored energy is also known as _____ energy.
potential
The energy in a battery is _______ energy.
potential
Light is an example of _________.
radiant energy
What type of energy do flashlights start with?
electric energy
Energy that is doing work is called _________.
kinetic energy
what type of energy is movement?
kinetic
Which of the following is an example of kinetic energy?
a rolling ball
what energy do plants have?
light energy
Which term best describes the type of energy the ball has as it rolls down the plane?
kinetic
what type of energy is it when a balloon floats?
gravitational energy
Total energy minus kinetic energy is equal to ________.
potential
If a monkey at the top of a tree climbs half way down the tree, how would its new potential energy compare to its original potential energy?
it would be half of what it was
Which kind of energy is fire?
kinetic
Which of these terms refers to energy waiting to be released?
potential
At the top of its swing, a pendulum has zero kinetic energy. How much potential energy does it have at the bottom of its swing?
none
In every conversion of potential to kinetic energy, some of the potential energy is always converted into _________________.
heat energy