Vocabulary
Types of Energy
Renewable and Nonrenewable resources
Temperature scales
Energy transformation
100
The ability to do work
What is energy
100
TRUE or FALSE? Thermal energy is a type of energy
What is TRUE
100
RENEWABLE or NON-RENEWABLE? Fossil fuels
What is nonrenewable
100
The type of temperature scale that we use in America
What is fahrenheit
100
Energy that is stored when a roller coaster is at a top of a hill about to go down a hill
What is Potential Energy
200
The energy of an object that is due to the object’s motion
What is kinetic energy
200
kinetic energy due to the movement of the particles that make up the object.
What is thermal energy
200
A renewable resource where energy is harnessed from the sun
What is Solar energy
200
The temperature scale where water boils at 212 degrees
What is Fahrenheit
200
Energy being used when the roller coaster is going down the hill
What is kinetic energy
300
The amount of work an object can do based on its kinetic and potential energies
What is mechanical energy
300
Name 3 types of energy
What are nuclear, chemical, thermal, electrical, electromagnetic, and sound energy
300
Energy used from the heat from the Earth
What is geothermal energy
300
The most common scale used to measure temperature
What is Celcius
300
DEFINE potential energy
What is energy that an object has because of its position, shape, or condition
400
The change from one type of energy to another
What is energy transformation
400
TRUE or FALSE? Thermal Energy is kinetic energy due to the movement of the particles that make up the object
What is TRUE
400
TRUE or FALSE? Hydroelectric energy is a nonrenewable resource
What is FALSE
400
A scale that starts at 273
What is a Kelvins scale
400
What type of energy is produced and wasted during a most energy transformations
What is thermal energy
500
The Law of Conservation of Energy
What is the law that states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed
500
Electromagnetic energy
What is the type of energy is produced by the vibration's of electrically charged particles
500
A source of energy used for heating, cooking, and running cars
What is a natural gas
500
People who use the celsius temperature scale
What are physicians
500
Energy transformation that takes place when something burns
What is Chemical energy into Thermal Energy
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