Transcript Conservation of Energy

Conservation of Energy
• What are all the different ways
that $100 could be
represented?
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Cash
Checking account
Travelers checks
Change
Gold and silver coins
Credit card
• No matter what, that $100 will
always be $100
Conservation of Energy
• Energy will always be energy, no matter what
form it is in
• Energy can be transferred from one type of
energy to another
• Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy
• Kinetic Energy to Heat Energy
• Heat Energy to Light Energy
etc….. Any examples?
Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy
• Most common energy
conversion
• Roller Coaster- lots of
energy transfer going
on!!!
Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy
Law of Conservation of Energy
• Energy Cannot be created or destroyed!!!
• Energy is always changing from one form
to another, but energy is never created
and it is never destroyed!!!