Energy Transformations
Burning a candle.
Chemical energy -> thermal energy + radiant energy
Energy can not be created or destroyed but transform to other energies.
Law of Conservation of Energy
What is the process of saving up or storing energy?
Potential energy.
Energy that has the ability to fall; this type of energy increases the higher up you go.
Gravitational potential energy.
Energy is defined as _________.
The ability to do work.
Using a hot plate to boil water.
Electrical energy -> thermal energy
Is metal a good conductor of heat or a good insulator?
Good conductor.
What is the process of spending energy or energy in motion.
Kinetic energy.
"You can burn it or you can eat it."
Chemical energy.
List the renewable resources (list at least 3 out of the 5 possibilities.)
Biomass, hydropower, geothermal, wind and solar.
A hungry football player eating a large sandwich to use the food for energy.
Chemical energy -> mechanical energy+thermal energy
Is plastic a good conductor of heat or a good insulator?
Good insulator.
A heavy vase on a table has this type of energy.
(Gravitational) potential energy.
This type of energy is generated by a force - a push or a pull.
Mechanical energy.
List the Non-Renewable resources
Oil, coal, natural gas, and uranium
Using a solar-powered calculator.
Radiant energy -> electrical energy ->radiant energy
Some energy maybe lost to the surroundings, what type of energy is that gets lost at times?
Thermal Energy
A person running down the sidewalk has this type of energy.
(Mechanical) kinetic energy.
This type of energy is caused by vibrations
Sound energy.
What is true about energy in a closed system?
Energy will always stay the same.
Charging your phone and then using it all day in school while the teachers aren't looking
Electrical energy -> Chemical energy-Electrical-radiant energy-sound energy-thermal energy
What is the one type of energy used to turn turbines that then transforms the energy?
A person that has just jumped from an airplane has this type of energy. (2 types)
(Gravitational) potential and kinetic energy.
The sun is an example of this type of energy.
Thermal, Radiant, Nuclear and Gravitational
The sun causing a plant to grow(photosynthesis).