Question

Before you start playing with the simulation, you will apply what you know so far about potential, kinetic, thermal, and total energy to predict how these different types of energy will change as a skater rolls back and forth on a half-pipe.

Describe the terms listed below in a complete sentence (or complete sentences):
Potential Energy
Kinetic Energy
Thermal Energy
Total Energy

Answer 1

Potential Energy: It is the energy that is associated with the relative position of a body within a force field.

Kinetic Energy: It is the energy that a body contains due to its state of movement.

Thermal Energy: is associated with the sum of the microscopic kinetic and potential energies of the system.

Total Energy: it is the sum of all the energies that a body contains.