What is Energy?
The ability to do work or cause change is called
What is energy
energy that is stored is called
What is potential energy
The form of energy associated with the motion, position, or shape of an object is
What is kinetic energy
Sunlight, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric are all examples of what type of resources?
Renewable
The energy of electric charges is called
What is electrical energy
When you do work on an object some of your energy is _______________ to that object
What is transferred
this type of energy of an object that is a result of being suspended in the air is called?
What is gravitational potential energy
You can find an object's mechanical energy by adding together the object's
What is kinetic and potential energy
Nucleus fusion reactions occur constantly in the
What is the sun
What energy conversion takes place when using a solar panel?
Solar energy is converted into electrical energy
Objects of different masses are suspended from a height. Which object will have a greater Gravitational Potential Energy?
Object with a higher mass.
What is a common way that energy is lost in a system?
Through heat loss
Energy that is formed when particles of solid liquid or a gas vibrate.
What is sound energy?
Thermal energy is also what type of energy?
What is heat energy
What type of energy is in the foods you eat, in the matches you use to light a candle and in the cells of your body
What is chemical energy
name the two basic types of energy
What is potential and kinetic
Which units are used for measuring energy in humans?
Calories
What can keep ice from melting?
Insulator
an apple possesses what type of energy before its eaten.
What is Chemical Energy
What energy transformation takes place when a radio is plugged in and turned on?
Electrical to sound
most accurately describe the Law of Conservation of Energy?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed but it can change from one type to another.
What energy results from fusion and fission?
Nuclear Energy
What type of energy is stored within molecules?
Chemical Energy
energy that is associated with objects that can be compressed or stretched is called
elastic potential energy
On a summer day, asphalt is hot on your bare feet because the asphalt has __________ heat from the sun.
absorbed