Energy Basics
Forms of Energy
Principles of Energy
Energy Resources
Wildcard
100
What is the ability to do work known as?
Energy
100
This type of energy is known as stored energy.
Potential Energy
100
The process of changing energy from one form to another is called what?
Energy conversion
100
Oil, natural gas, and coal are known as what?
Fossil fuels
100
Energy trapped beneath the Earth's surface is known as what?
Thermal Energy
200
________ is the transfer of energy.
Work
200
This type of energy is heat energy.
Thermal Energy
200
What law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed?
The law of Conservation of Energy
200
Energy obtained from flowingwater is known as what?
Hydroelectric Energy
200
What is Einstein's equation?
E = mc^2
300
What type of energy is dependent upon an object's mass and speed?
Kinetic Energy
300
Mechanical Energy is made up of which two types of energy?
Kinetic and Potential Energy
300
Gravitational Potential Energy is converted into what as an object falls?
Kinetic Energy
300
Sunlight that is converted into a renewable energy source is known as what?
Solar Energy
300
This type of energy is stored in atomic nuclei.
Nuclear Energy
400
If you double the speed of an object, you do what to its Kinetic Energy?
Quadruple it
400
What type of energy is stored in chemical bonds?
Chemical Energy
400
In what situation would the principle of the conservation of Mechanical Energy not be true?
When friction is present
400
Finding ways to use less energy or to use energy more efficiently is known as what?
Energy conservation
400
The form of Potential Energy that is stretched or compressed is known as what?
Elastic Potential Energy.
500
A falling rain drop is an example of energy being converted from what type of energy to Kinetic Energy
Gravitational Potential Energy
500
What type of energy travels through space in the form of waves?
Electromagnetic Energy
500
What is the initial Kinetic Energy on a 5 kg rock just before it is released to fall from a 100 m cliff?
Zero
500
What ocean life form can be used to generate biofuel and to treat raw sewage to make it drinkable at the same time?
Plankton
500
How is energy converted in pendulums?
From PE to KE to PE...
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