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Potential Energy Changes |
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E. Applying What We've Learned- Fossil InterpretationsTransfer of potential energy to kinetic can shape the earth's surface. Examples include impact craters, landslides, earthquakes, the effects of wave action, and the energy of removal and accumulation. In Unit 2 you explored various forms of energy and examined how energy transferred around our dynamic planet.
Potential and Kinetic Energy review
Kinetic energy - energy associated with motion.Potential energy - stored energy ready to be released and converted to other forms of
energy, such as kinetic.
Pushing a ball uphill gives it potential energy. Then it falls
down due to gravity, illustrating kinetic energy.A. Craters
Since falling objects are the classic example of potential eneregy to kinetic energy, we can use falling objects to show how kinetic energy can effect the earth's surface. We will begin our exploration with impact craters.B. LandslidesActivity: What's the Impact?
Landslides are good examples of mass movement caused by the conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy.C. EarthquakesIntroduction to Landslides
Activity: The Whoosh Factor
An earthquake is a movement of the ground caused by the sudden release of potential energy to kinetic energy.D. Wave ActionExploring Earthquakes and the Modified Mercalli Scale
The energy from wave activity is important in the erosion and deposition of materials.A Virtual Exploration of the beach
Activity: Exploring the Sands
Teachers were given samples of fossiliferous material from the Dominican Republic and asked to apply what they had learned from earlier exercises in order to interpret the history.
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