Work
Work is the use of _____ on an object.
Force
What is the process of saving up or storing energy?
Potential Energy
Harness the suns energy
Solar
Energy is defined as ______
The ability to do work.
Name one way you can reduce air leaks in your home.
Caulking, Foam/Fiberglass insulation.
If you have done work on an object then the object has ______.
Moved
What is the process of spending energy or energy in motion.
Kinetic Energy
Highly Flammable materials that can be used for energy.
Fossil Fuels
List the renewable resources (list at least 3 out of the 5 possibilities.)
Biomass, hydropower, geothermal, wind and solar.
From our in class experiment, is metal a good conductor of heat or a good insulator?
Good Conductor
When work is done, energy is _______.
Transferred
A heavy vase on a table has this type of energy.
Potential Energy
Wind turns the turbines creating electricity.
Windmills
Define gravity.
The force of attraction between all objects in the universe.
Define carbon footprint
The amount of carbon an individual is releasing into the environment.
When you do work faster this means that you are using more _______.
Power
A person running down the sidewalk has this type of energy.
Kinetic Energy
Heat from nuclear fission turns water into steam.
Nuclear Energy
Power
Energy/time
One way to conserve energy at home is to make sure that appliances that are not in use are __________
Powered off
Work and energy are measured in the same unit called the _____
Joule
A person that has just jumped from an airplane has this type of energy. (2 types)
Potential and Kinetic Energy
Hot rocks deep underground heat up water and turn it into steam.
Hydroelectric
Law of Conservation of Energy
Energy can be not be created or destroyed. Only transferred.
Right now the worlds primary source of energy is
Fossil Fuels