Vocabulary Vault
The ability to make things move or change
What is Energy?
When you rub your hands together and they get warm, this kind of energy conversion happens
What is motion to thermal?
The main source of energy for life on Earth
What is the sun?
If a part of my system is not function, tell me what happens to the system.
What is the system will not function properly?
Energy conversion that happens in a toaster
What is electrical to heat (thermal)
A word means to change energy from one form to another.
What is Convert / Conversion?
This kind of energy transfer happens in a circuit when electricity moves through wires to light a bulb
What is electrical to light energy?
The energy source in stored in food.
What is chemical energy?
An energy conversion happens when a wind turbine spins to power lights
What is motion energy to electrical energy?
When you eat breakfast and then run, name the energy conversion.
What is chemical energy to motion energy?
The term for stored energy.
What is potential energy?
I plug my computer up. This kind of energy conversion is happening
What is light and sound energy?
This kind of system uses energy input and output, like a toaster or wind turbine?
What is an electrical system?
If a wind turbine doesn’t make enough electricity, what might engineers adjust?
The size or shape of the blades
Kind of energy conversion that happens when a lamp is turned on (3)
What is electrical to light to heat?
Wires that transfer electrical energy from many sources to many other places
What is an electrical grid?
What type of energy deals with an objects position?
What is potential energy
Name 3 renewable sources
What is wind, water and sun
A person that take a problem and designs a solution
What is an engineer?
When a car engine burns fuel, what type of energy conversion occurs? (3)
What is chemical to motion to heat energy?
What are the names of two mail lines on a graph?
What is the X and Y axis?
When writing a scientific argument, you use this
What is Claim evidence and reasoning
I put 100 of fuel attached to the engine. The engine is attached to the generator. The generator is attached to the LED. Give me the converter(s)
What is the engine and the generator?
A kind of model used to test ideas before building the real thing.
What is using simulations?
Where does energy come from?