Physical Science: Chapter 4 Study Guide

Posted by Mr. Strickland on March 8, 2010

  1. What is energy?
  2. Why does change require energy?
  3. What are the different forms of energy?
  4. What is kinetic energy?
  5. How do you calculate KE?
  6. What is potential energy?
  7. How do you calculate PE?
  8. What are the differences between chemical, elastic and gravitational potential energy?
  9. What is the unit for energy?  What units are involved to make the energy unit?
  10. How is energy transformed?
  11. How do you transform chemical energy to mechanical energy?
  12. What is mechanical energy?
  13. How does energy transform during projectile motion?
  14. How does energy transform in a swing?
  15. What is the law of conservation of energy?
  16. How is energy conserved (transformed) in a hair dryer?
  17. What effect does friction play on energy conservation?
  18. How is mass converted into energy?
  19. What is the difference between fission and fusion?
  20. How do you get energy?  How is it transformed?
  21. Be able to work problems 38-50 on page 835.

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