Types of Energy
Energy of Motion
What is Kinetic Energy
Explain the transformation that takes place when you rub your hands together. START FROM THE SUN ( 5 steps)
What is light energy( from the sun) to chemcial energy (plants make sugar) to chemical (stored in bonds in food) to kinetic (movement of the hands) to thermal (heat produced from friction)
As the mass of an object moving at a given speed decreases its kinetic energy will ______________________.
What is decrease
Wind turbines convert _________________ energy into eletrical energy.
What is kinetic (moving air)
An energy source that is replenished continually (not an example)
What is renewable resource
The type of Energy that depends on mass and position
What is potential energy
Explain the transformation that takes place when you turn on a flashlight. From the battery to the light. 4 steps
What is Chemical (of the battery) to electrical (flow of elctrons) to radiant (of the light) to thermal ( the heat produced by the light)
As the speed of a falling object increases, its potential energy will _____________________.
What is decrease
Hydroelectricity can generate electricity because of the initial _______________________ energy of the water.
What is gravitational potential
An energy source that is used up faster than it can be replaced. (not an example)
What is a nonrenewable resource
Type of energy that depends on the speed of molecules.
What is thermal or heat energy
Explain the transformation of a book falling from table. Explain the type of energy and where it comes from. 3 steps
What is Potential ( due to the position of the book) to kinetic ( motion of the book) to thermal ( the friciton between the book and the air)
When you drop a book on the floor, what happens to its original potential energy?
What is the potential energy was transfered to kinetic.
Wind energy, coal energy, nuclear energy, ethanol energy, hydroelectric energy and solar energy all are used to make electricity. However, solar energy is different. What do all the other energy sources do that solar energy does not?
What is Turn a turbine that turns a generator to make electricity.
A device that transforms kinetic energy into electrical energy.
What is a turbine (generator)
Type of energy that depends on the flow of electrons
What is electrical energy
Explain the transformation of energy that occurs in a coal burning power plant. List the type of energy and where it comes from. 5 steps
What is Chemical (coal) to thermal (heat released from breaking the bonds of coal to boil water)to kinetic (the steam makes) to kinetic (turbine move) to electrical (the turbine is conected to a generator that makes a flow of electrons)
Explain hydroelectric energy and give one advantage and one disadvantage.
What is hydroelectric energy is using the potential energy of water and turning it into electrical energy. One advantage is it does not pollute. One disadvantage is that it disrupts aquatic life.
State the Law of Conservation of Energy
What is Energy cannot be created oo destroyed, it can only be transfered or tranformed.
Type of energy stored in bonds
What is Chemical energy
Explain the transformation that takes place to make a toaster work using a wind turbine. Begin with the sun. (6 steps)
What is radiant energy (from the sun) to kinetic energy (of the wind) to kinetic energy (the blades spin) to electrical (the turbine turns a generator and makes a flow of electons) to thermal (heat from the toaster) to radiant (when the toaster gets hot enough it will emit light)
When you charge your phone, all of the electricity does not get used to charge your battery. Explain how the law of conservation of energy is obeyed.
What is Some of the electricity is turned into thermal energy (your phone gets warm).
Explain how nuclear energy is used to create electricity and give one advantage and one disadvantage.
What is Uranium atoms are split and heat is released to boil water. The boiling water creates steam. The steam turns a turbine and the turbine turns a generator, which makes a flow of electrons. One advantage is that is does not pollute the air. One disadvantage is that is makes radioactive waste.
Name 6 types of energy.
Mechanical, Radiant, Thermal, Chemical, Nuclear, and Electrical