• Describe the relationship between work and energy.
• Relate kinetic energy to mass and speed and calculate these quantities.
• Analyze how potential energy is related to an object’s position and give examples of gravitational and elastic potential energy.
• Solve equations that relate an object’s gravitational potential energy to its mass and height.
• Give examples of the major forms of energy and explain how each is produced.
• Describe conversions of energy from one form to another.
• State and apply the law of conservation of energy.
• Analyze how energy is conserved in conversions between kinetic energy and potential energy and solve equations that equate initial energy to final energy.
• Describe the relationship between energy and mass.
• Classify energy resources as renewable or nonrenewable.
• Evaluate benefits and drawbacks of different energy sources.
• Describe ways to conserve energy resources.

• Explain how heat and work transfer energy.
• Relate thermal energy to the motion of particles that make up a material.
• Relate temperature to thermal energy and to thermal expansion.
• Calculate thermal energy, temperature change, or mass using the specific heat equation.
• Describe how calorimeter operates and calculate thermal energy changes or specific heat using calorimetry measurements.
• Describe conduction, convection, and radiation and identify which of these is occurring in a given situation.
• Classify materials as thermal conductors or thermal insulators.
• Apply the law of conversation of energy to conversions between thermal energy and other forms of energy.
• Apply the second law of thermodynamics in situations where thermal energy moves from cooler to warmer objects.
• State the third law of thermodynamics.
• Describe heat engines and explain how they convert thermal energy into mechanical energy.
• Describe how different types of heating and cooling systems operate.
• Evaluate benefits and drawbacks of different heating and cooling systems.

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