Forms of Energy
The energy of motion
What is kinetic energy?
A place where electricity is generated
What is a power plant?
The major use of petroleum
What is transportation?
Rushing water spins the blades of this device to power a generator
What is a turbine?
Meaning of the prefix hydro
What is water?
Energy in batteries is stored as this form
What is chemical energy?
A continuous, closed path or loop allowing electricity to flow
What is a circuit?
The method for transporting most coal
What are trains?
Form of energy captured by wind turbine blades
What is kinetic energy?
What does "bio" translate to?
What is life?
Electromagnetic energy that travels in waves such as light, x-rays, and microwaves
What is radiant energy?
The most fuel-efficient vehicles use this transportation fuel
What is electricity?
The process where nuclei split to produce energy
What is fission?
During this process, plants convert radiant energy from the sun into chemical energy in the form of glucose
What is photosynthesis?
The greek root word "fuse" means
What is "to melt"?
Energy stored in an object when force is applied, when stretched or compressed
What is elastic energy?
Material that is good at moving electrons or thermal energy
What is a conductor?
The main ingredient in natural gas
What is methane?
Smallest “packet“ of radiant energy seen as light
What are photons?
The root word Sol is refering to what?
What is the Sun?
Energy of place or position
What is gravitational potential energy?
Electrons jumping from one object to another
What is static electricity?
Under normal conditions, propane is a gas. Under pressure, it becomes this
What is a liquid?
Area around the Pacific Ocean where most of the world’s geothermal activity occurs
What is the Ring of Fire?
The Greek word for heat
What is therme?