1. When you are swinging on a swing at a playground, when is...

o GPE the highest? When the swing is at the top.

o KE the highest? Bottom of the swing.
o GPE energy transforming into KE? The middle, or the way down.
o KE transforming into GPE? The middle, or the way up.
2. What is the difference between thermal energy, temperature, and heat? The
core difference is that heat deals with thermal energy, whereas temperature is more
concerned with molecular kinetic energy. Heat is the transfer of thermal energy,
whereas temperature is a property the object exhibits.
3. What is the Law of Conservation of Energy? The first law of thermodynamics, also
known as Law of Conservation of Energy, states that energy can neither be created nor
destroyed; energy can only be transferred or changed from one form to another. For
example, turning on a light would seem to produce energy; however, it is
electrical energy that is converted.
4. What factors affect KE? Mass, speed, and gravitational potential energy.
5. What factors affect GPE? Mass, gravity, and height.
6. Explain how your body’s energy can trace back to the sun. Through thermal energy.
The sun is where we receive our heat.
7. Describe all of the energy transformations taking place in a television. Light energy,
heat energy, and the traveling of light.
8. Explain efficiency and give an example. Efficiency is defined as the ability to
produce something with a minimum amount of effort. An example of efficiency is a
reduction in the number of workers needed to make a car.
9. Create your own problem involving the formula for KE or GPE and show how to solve it.
In classical mechanics, kinetic energy (KE) is equal to half of an object's mass (1/2*m)
multiplied by the velocity squared.