I2 Stored energy Homework

HELP
1 Copy and complete these sentences about stored energy,
using the words below.
gravitational chemical strain

a Energy in a torch battery is stored

as energy.

b In a jack-in-a-box, the energy in the spring

is stored as energy.

c A diver on a high diving board is storing

energy as energy.

d The petrol in a car contains stored

energy that can be transferred to kinetic energy
when the car is travelling.

CORE
2 Copy and complete the energy transfer diagrams below by filling in the
gaps and labelling the arrows.

gravitational
energy
a
in
rollercoaster

energy
b
in wind-up
clock spring

chemical kinetic energy energy

c energy in weight
in food held up by
energy weightlifter as he drops the weight

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 I2 Stored energy (continued) Homework

EXTENSION
3 Food is a store of chemical energy, and your body transfers
this to many other kinds of energy. Read the paragraph
below and then answer the question.

Sally woke up as usual at 7.00 a.m. She got out of

bed, got dressed and went downstairs. Her mum
had prepared her favourite breakfast of a lettuce
leaf, three slices of raw carrot and a chocolate bar
(strange girl!). Eating this prepared Sally for the day
ahead. After breakfast, Sally went back upstairs,
had a shower, cleaned her teeth and got ready for
school. At 8.15 a.m. she caught the school bus,
which took her to school. She enjoyed talking to her
friends on the way.

The underlined sections all involve some kind of energy

transfer. Draw an energy transfer diagram for each one, to
show the energy changes that each represents.

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