Forms
Thermal
PE and KE
Transformations
Past
100
when you think of light you should think of this.
What is radiant energy
100
Thermal energy travels this way.
What is hot to cold?
100
This is the energy of motion.
What is kinetic energy?
100
Electrical energy is created by this machine.
What is a turbine?
100
There are this many laws of motion.
What is three?
200
The energy that is stored in food and fuels
What is chemical energy
200
Thermal energy increases when this increases.
What is temperature?
200
An object in motion will cause more change (have more energy) when it has greater amounts of these.
What is speed and mass?
200
A turbine is often described as looking like one of these.
What is a fan?
200
Two objects are acted upon by the same amount of force. One object accelerates more because it has less of this.
What is mass?
300
Nuclear fusion occurs all the time in the sun and is an example of this form of energy.
What is nuclear energy?
300
Thermal energy is useful in a power plant because it makes this.
What is steam?
300
Potential energy
What is stored energy?
300
The chemical energy in coal is transformed into what kind of energy in a coal burning power plant?
What is thermal energy?
300
The amount of space an object occupies.
What is volume?
400
This form of energy runs our computers, lights, radios, televisions, starts our cars, runs our dishwasher, charges our phones, etc, etc, etc....
What is electrical energy?
400
Thermal energy is almost always released during this.
What are energy transformations?
400
Two objects sitting side by side on a shelf. This object will have more potential energy.
What is the object with more mass?
400
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only change form or transfer to other objects.
What is the law of conservation of energy?
400
What unit would you use to measure your mass?
What are kilograms?
500
This form of energy is what travels through the nerves in your body.
What is electrical energy?
500
When you think of thermal energy, you think of heat. Name three other words that have the word or a word similar to "thermal" in it?
thermos thermometer thermal underwear thermostat
500
A pendulum has this/these type(s) of energy.
What are kinetic energy and potential energy?
500
List the energy transformations seen at a hydroelectric plant in order.
PE of water behind the dam KE of water KE of turbine KE of generator Electrical energy out of the generator
500
Matter cannot be created or destroyed.
What is the law of conservation of mass?
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