Forms of Energy
Kinetic and Potential
Lots of Potential
Energy Transformations
(What form to what form?)
Energy Resources
100
The energy of moving electrons
What is electrical energy?
100
The energy of motion.
What is kinetic energy?
100
A rubber band that has been stretched has this type of potential energy.
What is elastic potential energy?
100
Plugging in a fan to make it run.
What is Electrical to Mechanical?
100
The ability to do work or cause change.
What is energy?
200
Energy of electromagnetic waves such as light and radio.
What is radiant energy?
200
Stored energy due to interactions between objects or particles.
What is potential energy?
200
A book sitting on top of a bookshelf has this type of potential energy.
What is gravitational potential energy?
200
The lunch you ate gave you energy to run around at recess.
What is chemical to mechanical?
200
The rule that states energy can be transformed or transferred, but cannot be created or destroyed.
What is the law of conservation of energy?
300
The energy of moving particles, the transfer of which is known as heat.
What is thermal energy?
300
A roller coaster moving at the bottom of a hill has this type of energy.
What is kinetic energy?
300
An apple in your lunch has this.
What is chemical potential energy.
300
A plant uses the sun's energy to make glucose.
What is Radiant to Chemical?
300
An energy resource that is available in limited amounts or that is used faster than it is replaced in nature.
What is a nonrenewable energy resource?
400
Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom.
What is nuclear energy?
400
The 2 factors that can increase kinetic energy.
What are mass and speed?
400
A compressed spring has this type of potential energy.
What is elastic potential energy.
400
Burning gas to heat a building.
What is chemical to thermal?
400
An energy resource that is replaced as fast, or faster than, it is used.
What is a renewable energy resource?
500
The energy of a moving object.
What is mechanical energy?
500
The 2 factors than can increase potential energy.
What are mass (or weight) and height (or distance)?
500
A firecracker that has not been lit has this type of potential energy.
What is chemical potential energy.
500
Shouting at someone.
What is Mechanical to Sound?
500
The remains of ancient organisms that can be burned as an energy source.
What are fossil fuels?
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