SCIENCE STUDY GUIDE: LEARNING SET 2
TEST DATE: MAY 20th
1. Know all 8 types of energy, their indicators, and an example of each energy.
2. Know the factors for kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy, and
elastic potential energy.
3. Know the energy transformations in the following objects:
a. Radiometer
b. Flashlight
c. Wind-up toy
d. Newton’s Cradle
e. Bouncy ball
4. Know the following vocabulary:
a. Factors
b. Potential energy
c. Work
d. Force
e. Compressed
f. Gravity
g. Mechanical energy
h. Conservation of mechanical energy
i. Deform
j. Elasticity
k. Elastic limit
l. Control variable
m. Independent variable
n. Dependent variable
5. Know what the clay-cart video:
a. What evidence did it provide?
b. What did we learn from the video?
6. Know that energy is neither created nor destroyed; it is transformed,
transferred, increased, or decreased.
7. Know the relationship between potential energy and kinetic energy.
8. Know the connection between energy and work.
9. Know the marble rolling experiment:
a. What does positive work?
b. What does negative work?
10. Know the bouncy ball diagram.
11. Know how to identify when something has reached its elastic limit.