Potential or kinetic?
What type of energy is it?
Machines and things
Fossil Fuels
Renewable Resources
100
Objects that are able to fall have this type of energy
Potential Energy
100
energy that is released as heat
thermal energy
100
A device that transforms kinetic energy into electrical energy
Generator
100
An energy source that is used up much faster that it can be replaced
Nonrenewable resouce
100
Energy that comes from the sun
Solar Energy
200
A skateboarder stopped at the top of a hill has which type of energy?
Potential Energy
200
the energy carried by light is
Radiant Energy
200
Blades that are moved by water, steam or wind to create energy
Turbine
200
What are the three types of fossil fuels?
Coal Oil (petroleum) Natural Gas
200
Energy that is created from the heat deep within the earth
Geothermal energy
300
A sled that is zooming down a icy mountain has what type of energy?
Kinetic Energy
300
Solar powered cars are powered by what type of energy?
Radiant Energy
300
List 2 out of the 3 types of renewable energy sources that use turbines to make electricity
- Hydroelectric dams - wind energy - tidal energy
300
This type of fossil fuel is formed after the molecules in ancient plants are heated under pressure for millions of years
Coal
300
Renewable energy that can only work in the oceans
Tidal energy
400
A biker is riding downhill. When does the biker have both kinetic and potential energy?
When the biker is moving downhill (kinetic) and still has more to travel downhill (potential)
400
Food that we consume enters out bodies as________ energy
Chemical energy
400
A device found in solar panels that transforms radiant energy into electrical energy
Photovoltaic
400
Fossil fuel in liquid form that is turned into gasoline
Oil
400
What is pro of hydroelectric power?
- many answers will be acceptable
500
Can an object have both kinetic and potential energy at once? Give and example.
Yes. When anything is moving but has the potential to move further.
500
Batteries contain what type of energy?
Electrical Energy
500
The controversial renewable power plant that produces 10% of China's energy
Three Gorges Dam
500
Fossil fuel in the gaseous form that is made naturally underground and forms over millions of years
Natural Gas
500
An energy source that cannot be used up by humans is known as . . .
An inexhaustible resource
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