Energy Transfer
Conservation of energy
MELTS
Vocab
Kinetic and Potential Energy
100
A toaster changes electric energy to what other type of energy?
heat
100
Coal is an example.
Nonrenewable resource (fossil fuel)
100
Which forms travels in waves
Light/ Radiant
100
Rubbing objects together that creates heat is called what?
Friction
100
Potential or kinetic? A tennis player swinging their racket
kinetic
200
What kind of energy is stored in a battery?
chemical
200
Solar power is an example of this.
Renewable resource
200
Energy from heat
Thermal Energy
200
What happens when a force causes an object to move?
Work
200
Potential or kinetic?
An apple about to fall from a tree
potential
300
_________energy from the water is transferred into _________energy of the turbines, which transfers to __________ energy to power our homes.
Mechanical, Mechanical, Electrical
300
What does the Law of Conservation of Energy State?
Energy is not created or destroyed, but transferred from one object to the next.
300
Flow of electrons
Electrical energy
300
Nonrenewable resources made from ancient organic material.
Fossil Fuels
300
Potential or kinetic?
A pencil on a flat surface
potential
400
Music playing through a speaker is an example of a transformation from ______________energy to ____________ energy.
electric, sound
400
Define Nonrenewable.
Natural resources that cannot be replaces easily because they take millions of years to create.
400
Energy of movement
Mechanical Energy
400
The protection of plants and animals and their environment is called what?
Conservation
400
Potential or kinetic?
A pencil on an inclined plane
kinetic
500
What is the transfer of energy?
Mechanical to Light
500
Define renewable resources.
Resources that can be replenished in a short amount of time or will not run out.
500
Produced through the back and forth motion of vibrating objects
Sound Energy
500
Renewable energy from organic matter.
Biomass
500
Explain an example of mechanical energy.
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