Key Terms
Picture It
What's the Energy
Name that Energy Transformation
Anything Energy
100
The ability to do work or cause a change.
What is energy?
100
What is elastic potential energy?
100
The total potential and kinetic energy of the particles in an object. It is felt as heat.
What is thermal energy?
100
Electrical energy to thermal energy
What is a single energy transformation?
100
Natural gas, oil, and coal.
What are nonrenewable energies?
200
The rate at which energy is transferred.
What is power?
200
What is gravitational potential energy?
200
The energy of electric charge
What is electrical energy?
200
Strike a match → Fire
What is mechanical energy to thermal energy?
200
Solar power, hydro power, and wind power
What are renewable energies?
300
Energy an object has due to its motion.
What is kinetic energy?
300
A compressed slinky or spring is an example of
What is elastic potential energy?
300
Potential energy stored in chemical bonds
What is chemical energy?
300
Fire → burns
What is thermal energy to chemical energy release?
300
Burning fossil fuels releases this type of energy.
What is chemical energy? or potential chemical energy?
400
Stored energy that results from the position or shape of an object
What is potential energy?
400
What is Mechanical Energy?
400
Energy of light and other forms of radiation
What is electromagnetic energy?
400
burning wood → fire & light
What is the release of chemical energy to thermal energy and electromagnetic energy?
400
The chemical energy in food becomes __________ energy, when you eat the food then run.
What is kinetic energy?
500
Energy related to an object’s height.
What is gravitational potential energy?
500
Type of energy pictured
What is chemical potential energy?
500
Potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
What is nuclear energy?
500
What is electrical energy to thermal energy?
500
Energy cannot be created or destroyed
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?