Renewable Energy
Non-renewable Energy
Transformations
Energy Forms
Misc.
100
What is renewable energy?
What is energy that is easily replaced.
100
What is non-renewable energy?
What is energy that is not easily replaced. It takes a long time to form.
100
What is an energy transformation? What does it mean for something to transform?
What is change from one form to another.
100
What is chemical energy?
What is stored energy in the form of chemical bonds.
100
Show an example of what kinetic energy is
What is ANSWERS MAY VARY
200
Give 2 examples of renewable energy.
What is biomass, Geothermal, Wind, Hydro power, or Solar
200
Give 2 examples of non-renewable energy resources
What is fossil fuels (coal, petroleum, natural gas) and nuclear
200
Some energy is always "lost" in the form of ___________.
What is heat or thermal energy
200
Give 2 examples of things that have chemical energy.
What is answers may vary. Batteries, coal, food, plants, etc.
200
The amount of potential energy that an object has depends on ___________ and __________.
What is weight and height
300
Give 2 disadvantages to using wind power
What is ANSWERS MAY VARY.
300
What is the dominant source of non-renewable energy in our area?
What is Coal
300
Explain the energy transformation that takes place when you strike a match.
What is chemical ----> thermal and light (radiant)
300
What is mechanical energy?
What is chemical and Potential energy OR energy of moving parts.
300
The amount of kinetic energy that an object has depends on _______ and ________
What is mass and speed
400
Give 2 advantages of using Solar Power
What is ANSWERS MAY VARY
400
What Energy Transformation occurs FIRST in a coal plant?
What is chemical energy (stored energy from photosynthesis in the buried plants) to mechanical energy (crushing the coal)
400
Explain the energy transformation that takes place when you turn on a fan.
What is electrical ---> mechanical
400
Give two more terms that mean the same thing as electromagnetic energy.
What is light and radiant
400
Explain the difference between kinetic and potential energy
What is kinetic is energy of motion and potential is energy that is stored (not moving)
500
Explain what geothermal energy is and why it is not a good alternate energy resource for our area.
What is geothermal energy is heat from inside the Earth's mantle that is brought to the surface via hotsprings, geysers, and tectonic activity.
500
Why are coal, oil, and natural gas called fossil fuels?
What is because they all come from once living organic matter that has been buried underground.
500
Explain the process of transforming coal into electricity.
What is coal is mined, sent to the plant, crushed and burned, and the steam from the burning coal turns a turbine which powers a generator.
500
Explain the difference between fusion and fission in nuclear energy.
Fusion is when atoms come together and fission is when they split apart.
500
Draw a picture of a roller coaster and show where the car has the greatest amount of kinetic energy and the greatest amount of potential energy.
Greatest potential- at top of tallest hill Greatest kinetic- at bottom of tallest hill
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