Notes
Notes
Notes & Definitions
Definitions
Definitions
100
Which type of energy is often transported through metal wires?
What is electrical and heat energy
100
Why do you think that the potential energy of a car parked on a hill is not completely changed into kinetic energy when the car rolls down the hill?
What is heat energy from the friction from tires on the road
100
What natural occurrence results from raindrops refracting sunlight?
What is rainbow
100
the energy contained in the internal structure of an atom or molecule. This energy could be in the electronic structure of a single atom or in the bonds between atoms in a molecule.
What is chemical energy
100
radiant energy emitted by the sun
What is solar energy
200
Name three types of solar energy.
What is visible light, infrared radiation, and ultraviolet
200
When a candlewick burns, the flame heats the air, and the wax softens and melts. Discuss how a burning candle demonstrates two ways that heat energy flows
What is conduction when the cool particles of the wax meets the hot particles the cool becomes hot convection the flame rises.
200
Name two energy transformations occurring in the closed circuit shown above.
What is battery and light bulb
200
energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
What is electrical energy
200
Sound energy is a form of energy produced by vibration of an object. It is usually transmitted through the air in form of sound waves. Sound energy is also known as acoustic energy.
What is sound energy
300
Name one energy transformation taking place in the photograph
What is wind energy
300
When you speak you produce wave energy. Name the energy and the medium through which energy moves.
What is sound energy and air
300
What is the original source of energy stored in coal, oil, and natural gas
What is fossil fuel
300
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
What is heat energy
300
energy that a body possesses by virtue of being in motion.
What is kinetic energy
400
Describe three energy transformations the occur when a car engine burn gasoline.
What is chemical energy to mechanical energy to thermal energy
400
Write a sentence explaining why you see a purple shirt as being purple
What is absorbs all colors of light except purple.
400
which type of renewable energy is the least dependent on the geography of an area?
What is solar energy
400
Energy of an object due to its motion or position
What is mechanical energy
400
the energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position relative to others, stresses within itself, electric charge, and other factors
What is potential energy
500
A feather and a bowling ball dropped on the moon from the same height would hit the ground at the same time. Which object would have more kinetic energy? Explain.
What is the bowling ball because it has more mass
500
A laser hits a mirror at 22 degrees to the normal. Find the angle of reflection
What is the same 22 degrees
500
the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity
What is energy
500
the energy released during nuclear fission or fusion, esp. when used to generate electricity
What is nuclear energy
500
the process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature or of electrical potential between adjoining regions, without movement of the material
What is conduction
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