2. What Are the Two Main Forms
of Energy?
Click on the videos below to learn about
each type of energy:
Potential Energy Kinetic Energy
3. Quiz:
Which of the following is an Which of the following is an
example of potential example of kinetic
energy? energy?
A roller coaster speeding A cat sitting on a tree
down a hill branch
A stretched rubber band A parked car
Releasing the string on Dates hanging from a
an archer’s bow date tree
An apple falling from a A blade of grass moving
tree in the wind
4. Pendulum Note- the areas between have
potential and kinetic energy
The pendulum below because they are changing from
demonstrates kinetic and one energy to the other.
potential energy.
Key:
KE = kinetic energy
PE = potential energy
5. Quiz:
Click the type
of energy the
pendulum has
at the given
points.
Kinetic
Potential
Both
Kinetic
Kinetic Potential
Potential Both
Both
6. The Powerful Sun
The sun is vital for life on
earth. It provides us with
solar energy. This energy is
a result of nuclear reactions.
HEAT + LIGHT = Solar Energy
7. Quiz:
Choose the three things associated with
solar energy:
sound, heat, nuclear reaction
energy, light, motion
heat, light, nuclear reaction
cooking, light, sound
8. Heat Energy Transfer
There are three ways heat energy is
transferred. Click on the titles below to
find out more!
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Go to Quiz 2 Go to Quiz 3
9. Quiz 1:
What kind of heat
energy transfer is Choose One:
pictured below?
Convection
Conduction
Radiation
10. Quiz 2:
What kind of heat
energy transfer is
pictured below? Choose One:
Convection
Conduction
Radiation
11. Quiz 3:
What kind of heat
energy transfer is
pictured below? Choose One:
Convection
Conduction
Radiation
Filling a hot air balloon
12. Heat Transfer
Heat is transferred from
warm to cool places. The
heat energy in this cup of hot
coffee moves from the hot
coffee to the cup, to the
counter it’s sitting on and
also to the cool air
surrounding it. This transfer
of heat causes the coffee to
cool down.
13. Quiz:
What is the correct order of heat transfer
for this situation?
Fire to air to pizza to grill
Pizza to grill to air to fire
Air to fire to grill to pizza
Fire to grill to pizza to air
