Topic 3.1 - Energy Properties (PDF)

TOPIC 3.1 Key Concepts Energy can produce change In a system. There are different forms of energy Energy can be transferred or transformed. Physical quantities contribute to different forms of energy. Curricular Competencies Make observations aimed at 1dent1fying your...

TOPIC 3.1 Key Concepts Energy can produce change In a system. There are different forms of energy Energy can be transferred or transformed. Physical quantities contribute to different forms of energy. Curricular Competencies Make observations aimed at 1dent1fying your own questions about the natural world. Use scientific knowledge to draw conclusions consistent with evidence. Generate and Introduce new or refined Ideas. properties of energy? A perpetual motion machine is a machine that runs forever. For hundreds of years, it's been the n dream of visionaries ti rl gadget lovers alike. The famous Italian artist and th inker, Leo1rnrdu da Vinci, drew designs for several perpetual motion machines (insi·I photo), A modern reproduction of one of da Vinci's machines is da Vmci believed perpetual motion machines wouJdn't, and J shown in the main photo. A perpetual motion machine, were it Ill actually work, transfers and transforms energy, but energy is nC\t·r lost. Once it is running, the machine does not need a push, fuel, or a~y ~the~ additional source of energy-ever. Despite his desig11 co~ldn't, work. But that hasn't stopped countless people from trying to create one. ~-,.i Choose one, ::.ome, or all of the followlng to st.:irt your expfor.itlon of this Topic. 1. lle11l1Jwln9 Ttt,nk of v1tIat you alrc:id I l.:ncv. abc,ut energy and I1s o oocrt,es no yea, :igr~r· w,th da Vine, thar.i pcrpo:11;, m,ir,on mac'l·nt. cannot exist? Vlh; or why net' ~- r,Todellh a Create a mc,-Jel of ,1 perpetual motion m,:ch r.e. ~~'har '·Yrr, o: energy m