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Stored Energy
Stored Spring Garden
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Zingling — Stored Energy Stored Spring Garden
Hi!
I'm Zingling.
Welcome to Stored Spring Garden!
Will you help me investigate stored energy?
The Grumblies have mixed up our clues.
Let's check the evidence!
Energy can be stored in systems,
such as a raised object with Earth or a stretched spring.
Food and fuels also store chemical energy.
Which setup has stored energy in this model?
- A. A relaxed label
- B. The stretched spring
- C. Only the word spring
The answer is B: The stretched spring
Energy can be stored in systems,
such as a raised object with Earth or a stretched spring.
Food and fuels also store chemical energy.
That clue helps us make sense of this place.
Stored energy can later be transferred and produce motion or other changes.
A stretched spring can act when released.
What happens when the spring is released here?
- A. It moves the cart
- B. It creates energy from nothing
- C. It stops being a spring
The answer is A: It moves the cart
Stored energy can later be transferred and produce motion or other changes.
A stretched spring can act when released.
Hmm...
how does that connect to our first clue?
Our model holds a spring stretched,
then releases it to move a cart.
The change connects stored energy with motion;
the cart does not get energy from nothing.
Can raised objects be part of an energy store?
- A. No
- B. Only if weightless
- C. Yes
The answer is C: Yes
Energy can be stored in systems,
such as a raised object with Earth or a stretched spring.
Food and fuels also store chemical energy.
Nice investigating!
You've been following the evidence.
Let's bring our clues together before the adventure.
Energy can be stored in systems,
such as a raised object with Earth or a stretched spring.
Stored energy can later be transferred and produce motion or other changes.
Our model holds a spring stretched,
then releases it to move a cart.
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