Types of Energy
Conservation of Energy
Circuits and Static Electricity
Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy
General
100
The energy that's stored in a soccer ball before you kick it
What is potential energy?
100
The law that states energy can never be destroyed, only converted
What is The Law of Conservation of Energy?
100
The build-up of electrical charge in an object
What is static electricity?
100
One of the following is a renewable source of electricity:
a) fossil fuels
b) the sun
c) oils
What is b)? (the sun)
100
The ability to do work
What is energy?
200
The energy that allows a microwave to function properly
What is radiant energy?
*thermal energy may also be accepted as an answer
200
Examples of saving energy
What is walking not driving, using a clothesline, plugging out devices when not using them, turning off lights, etc.?
200
The parts of an atom
What is a nucleus, electron, proton, orbit, and neutron?
200
The alternatives for fossil fuels
What is corn, soybeans, and canola?
200
The types of energy used in a stove
What is thermal energy and electrical energy?
300
The type of energy that caused the valentines that me and Sofia gave out to work
What is chemical energy?
300
An appliance that is built to save energy
What is energy-efficient technology?
300
The three parts of a circuit which you need for it to function
What is a power source, conductor, and load?
300
The following is renewable or non-renewable
What is non-renewable?
300
The uses of windmills
(wind turbines were used to power windmills)
What is pumping water and crushing grains?
400
The process of which nuclear fission creates steam, which spins a turbine to generate electricity
What is a nuclear chain reaction/ generation of nuclear energy?
400
One of the following uses more energy than others:
a) heating system
b) refrigerator
c) LED lightbulb
What is a) (heating system)?
400
The type of circuit that has more than one load but only one path for electrons
What is a series circuit?
400
A renewable type of energy that comes from the earth's core
What is geothermal energy?
400
This kills many bird and bat species everyday
What are wind turbines?
500
The type of energy that is used in smoke detectors
What is nuclear energy?
500
Appliances that drain energy even when they're plugged off
What is a ENERGY VAMPIRE (phantom energy)?
500
The type of electricity that is lightning
What is static electricity?
500
The name of one of the largest hydroelectric generating stations in Ontario (bonus points if you get the other one as well!)
What is Niagara Falls/Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Generating Stations?
500
About the amount of months an average lighting bolt can power a lightbulb
What is six months?