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Activity 58
Activity 58• Title: Follow the Energy
• Problem: Can you follow the transforming
energy?
• Initial Thoughts:
On a separate piece of paper write the title: Introduction to Activity 58
Copy These Lists DownList 1 List 2 List 3
Roller coaster Absorb Potential Energy
Gravitational Potential Energy
Release The Law of Conservation of Energy
Transformation Energy Energy Transfer
Chemical Energy Interaction Energy Transformation
Kinetic Energy Height Efficiency
1. Cross out the word or phrase that does not belong.2. Circle the word or phrase that includes the others on the list.
Note: There may be more than one correct answer to a single word sort.
Law of Conservation of Energy
List 1• Roller coaster• Gravitational
Potential Energy• Transformation• Chemical Energy• Kinetic Energy
Why does this work?
Law of Conservation of Energy
List 2• Absorb• Release• Energy• Interaction• Height
Why does this work?
Law of Conservation of Energy
List 3• Potential Energy• The Law of
Conservation of Energy
• Energy Transfer• Energy
Transformation• Efficiency
Why does this work?
READ THE PROCEDURE!
Activity 58Introduction: Energy is never created or
destroyed. It is possible to follow energy transfer through many transformations. Most of earth’s energy can be traced back to the Sun which emits electromagnetic energy (light).
Energy Cards
Each Pair will get 2 Cards as you finish with each card, pass it to the right until the teacher tells you to stop. We will share our answers as a class.
Event number
List of energy types before transformation
List of energy types after transformation
Sentence(s) describing the transformation
8 (water fall)
Gravitational Potential Energy
Kinetic (motion, sound)
Water falling over the dam loses gravitational potential energy and gains kinetic energy, until at the bottom it has been transformed into kinetic and some sound energy.