Starter quiz
- Which picture shows an elastic store of energy?
a moving toy car
a stretched spring ✓
a hot cup of tea
- Match each action with the energy store that increases as a result of the action.
- Moving an object higher up ...⇔increases the object's gravitational store of energy. ✓
- Increasing an object's speed ...⇔increases the object's kinetic store of energy. ✓
- Increasing an object's temperature ...⇔increases the object's thermal store of energy. ✓
- Squashing an object with more force ...⇔increases the object's elastic store of energy. ✓
- A car drives downhill whilst also using the engine to get faster. Match each process that happens to the correct energy store that changes.
- Fuel burning in the engine ...⇔decreases the car's chemical store of energy. ✓
- The car getting faster ...⇔increases the car's kinetic store of energy. ✓
- The car getting further down the hill ..⇔decreases the car's gravitational store of energy. ✓
- The engine heating the surroundings ...⇔increases the surrounding's thermal store of energy. ✓
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