We Need More Energy!
The ability to do work
What is Energy?
Which natural resource might spin a generator at a power plant to produce electricity?
Acceptable answers:
What is wind, water, or burning coal?
This type of energy is stored and associated with objects that can fall or be stretched or compressed.
What is potential energy?
Conduction is the transfer of energy between two objects that are ______________
What are objects touching?
This device converts electrical energy into thermal energy to cook certain breakfast items.
What is a toaster?
This type of energy is related to the temperature of an object and is associated with the movement of particles within the object.
What is thermal energy?
Where does wind get its energy from?
What is motion energy?
The energy transformation occurs in a car engine is when fuel is converted from chemical energy to _______________ energy.
What is mechanical energy or kinetic energy.
In conduction, atoms and molecules transfer energy between themselves by ___________
What is colliding?
This household device converts electrical energy into thermal energy and kinetic energy (hot air movement).
Hair Dryer
This type of energy comes from the sun and is utilized in solar panels to generate electricity.
What is solar energy?
This material helps to keep heat inside during the winter and outside during the summer, which conserves energy and reduces heating and cooling costs.
What is Insulation?
Batteries store energy as ________ energy
What is chemical energy?
Convection is the transfer of ______________ through liquids and gases.
What is thermal energy?
This is a type of energy that a bicycle uses to move.
What is mechanical energy by human muscles
This is a simple action you can take before leaving a room to save energy.
What is turning off the lights.
This type of energy is generated by the flow of water through dams.
What is hydroelectric energy?
This type of potential energy is possessed by a rock sitting at the edge of a cliff.
What is gravitational potential energy?
As gas and liquid get hot, the space between molecules expands, the substance becomes less dense, and the particles rise. This is an example of ______________.
What is convection?
Name a type of transportation that primarily uses solar energy.
What is a solar powered car or boat or scooter.
They move faster, hit each other, and become less dense.
This type of energy comes from the heat inside the Earth and can be used for heating or to generate electricity.
What is geothermal energy?
This kind of energy is required for photosynthesis.
What is solar energy?
When molecules transfer energy, they can also release these three things.
What is Light, Thermal Radiation, Electromagnetic Waves
This is a household device you adjust to save energy when you're not home.
What is a thermostat?