Vocabulary
This is defined as the ability to do work.
What is energy?
The most important source of light energy.
What is the sun?
This is the energy stored in the nucleus of an atom.
What is nuclear energy?
This type of light bulb uses the least amount of energy.
What is an LED bulb?
When we burn wood in a fire, we are converting this form of potential energy and turning it into heat energy.
What is chemical potential energy?
This is the name given to the energy of motion.
What is kinetic energy.
The type of energy that runs through wires in the walls.
What is electrical energy.
A toaster is plugged into the wall it converts electrical energy into what form of useful energy?
What is heat energy.
A light bulb converts electrical energy into these two energies?
What are light and heat energies?
The energy of an object held high above the ground.
What is gravitational potential energy?
This is the only source of energy we can actually see.
What is Light energy?
This type of energy is present in a rock at the top of a hill?
What is potential energy?
This is the energy of motion or the energy at work.
What is kinetic energy?
This is the transfer of energy between two objects.
What is energy transfer?
This type energy is stored in batteries.
What is chemical potential energy?
This is the type of energy that plants use to make food?
What is light energy?
When I plug a radio into the wall and turn it on to listen to music, I am changing (this energy) into (this energy).
What is Electrical energy changing into sound energy?
Both of these types of energy produce "waves".
What are sound and light energy?
A hair dryer transforms (this kind of energy) energy to (this kind of energy) and (this kind of energy)
What is electrical energy to heat energy and sound energy?
Solar panels change what type of energy into what other type of energy?
What is light energy into electrical energy?
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy is never created or destroyed, it is only ________ from one form to another.
What is changed?
The name of the diagram we use to show energy transformations.
What is Energy Flow diagrams.
This is the name for a type of energy that causes atoms to move quicker.
What is thermal energy or heat energy?
This is the name given to the energy stored in food.
What is chemical potential energy.
This energy is sometimes called solar energy or light energy.
What is Radiant energy?