Weather
Solar System
Types of Energy
Resources
Conversions
100
The amount of water vapor in the air
humidity
100
The spin of a body on its axis
rotation
100
Energy of motion
kinetic
100
A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed.
renewable
100
oven
electric to thermal
200
Process by which gases in the atmosphere absorbv thermal energy and warm the Earth
greenhouse effect
200
The path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space
orbit
200
The energy of an object at rest.
potential
200
A resource that forms at a rate that is much slower than the rate at which it is consumed
nonrenewable
200
mixer
electric to kinetic or sound
300
The transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves
radiation
300
The motion of a body that travels around another body in space
revolution
300
All of the kinetic energy due to random motion of the particles that make up the object.
thermal
300
A nonrenewable resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago
fossil fuel
300
television
electric to sound or light
400
The transfer of energy as heat through a material
conduction
400
A meteoroid that reaches the Earth's surface without burning up completely
meteorite
400
Energy caused by an objects vibrations
sound
400
This type of energy is only practical in areas near hot spots
geothermal
400
burning wood
chemical to thermal or light
500
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
climate
500
The distance light travels in one year
light year
500
The energy of moving electrons
electricity
500
This type of energy use disrupts river ecosystems
water or hydro
500
battery
chemical to electrical
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