Types of Energy
Energy that is stored in an object.
What is potential energy?
This energy is collected using a turbine.
What is wind energy?
Most cars use this to run.
A list of two ways to conserve energy at home.
(various answers)
An example of this type of energy is x-rays.
What is radiant energy?
Energy that moves an object.
What is mechanical energy?
This is collected using panels on top of buildings or in a field.
What is solar energy?
This is NOT an example of a fossil fuel.
Options:
- Coal
- Solar energy
- Petroleum
- Natural gas
What is solar energy?
This is how polar bears and their habitats are affected by climate change.
What are melting glaciers?
Energy cannot be _______ or ________.
What is created and destroyed?
This type of energy comes from nuclei that are fused or split.
What is nuclear energy?
This energy involves converting the flow of water into electricity.
What is hydro energy?
This is a consequence of using nonrenewable resources like fossil fuels.
Possible answers: What is ... pollution, climate change?
This term refers to a long-term shift in world-wide temperature and weather patterns.
What is climate change?
This calculation is used to measure how much energy people use compared to what is naturally available.
What is an ecological footprint?
Particles moving in boiling water is an example of this type of energy.
What is thermal (heat) energy?
This is a list of 3 renewable resources.
What are ... geothermal, air (oxygen), plant material, the sun (solar), moving water?
This is a list of 3 nonrenewable resources.
What are... oil, (natural) gas, coal, nuclear, plastics?
This is the definition of energy conservation.
This type of electricity can be felt if you take our a pair of sock from the dryer and feel a "zap".
What is static electricity?
These are 5 types of energy.
Possible answers: What are... thermal, mechanical, nuclear, chemical, radiant, electrical, kinetic, potential?
This is the definition of renewable energy.
What is a source of energy that can be used more than once because it is replaced naturally?
This is the definition of nonrenewable energy.
What is a source of energy that can run out and will not be replenished within our lifetime?
An example of this term is when a lightbulb gives off heat in addition to light.
Food is potential energy for this reason.
What is energy is stored in the food and cannot be used until you eat it and your body absorbs the nutrients and uses it as energy?