G6 Transition - Energy Section

a machine that uses a chain reaction to carry out a simple task

• Rube Goldberg Machine

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• inclined plane

a series of events, each of which causes the next

• chain reaction

• wheel and axle

• plastic track

• potential energy

the ability to change something (lift an object, push an object, etc)

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• energy

• inclined plane

stored energy that depends upon the relative position of various parts of a system

• potential energy

• plastic track

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

the energy an object has because of its movement

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• energy

• marbles

plastic, square half-tube; looks like toy train tracks

• plastic track

• gravity

• Rube Goldberg Machine

• chain reaction

a surface connecting a higher and a lower level; a slope

• push

• pull

• inclined plane

• gravity

a little ball made of a hard substance (such as glass) and used in various games

• marbles

• plastic track

• energy

• screw

to press against with force

• push

• pull

• inclined plane

• Rube Goldberg Machine

to move or draw back or away

• kinetic energy

• gravity

• push

• pull