Unit 2 Worksheet
a) How potential and kinetic energy differ.
b) An oak tree has more potential energy than the acorn it grew from. The 1st law of
thermodynamics says that energy is neither created nor destroyed. Considering this,
thermodynamics says that energy is neither created nor destroyed. Considering this,
i) From where did the additional potential energy in the tree come from?
ii) Explain how and in what form this energy is stored in the oak tree.
iii)What does a net increase in the dry-mass (mass after removing all of the water) or an
organism suggest about the potential energy possessed by that organism?
organism suggest about the potential energy possessed by that organism?
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