UP:SC15.PHYS.5
Vocabulary
- area under curve
- model
- graph
- work
- energy
- gravitational potential energy
- kinetic energy
- elastic potential energy
- thermal energy
- sound energy
- friction
- force
- velocity
- mass
- distance
- law of conservation of energy
- systems
- work-energy theorem
Knowledge
Students know:
- The different forms of energy.
- How to recognize work being done.
- The law of conservation of energy.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Construct models to illustrate phenomena.
- Recognize different forms of energy.
- Apply the law of conservation of energy to a system.
- Graph data.
- Determine the area under a curve on a graph.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Energy is the ability to do work and energy can be transformed into different forms of energy while obeying the law of conservation of energy.
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Developing and Using Models
Crosscutting Concepts
Systems and System Models
