What type of energy am I?
I'm always shining on you...
What is solar energy?
The type of potential energy stored inside a battery.
What is chemical energy?
When you charge your phone, some energy is lost to the environment as ________ energy.
What is thermal energy?
The two factors that affect gravitational potential energy.
What are mass and height?
This country contained one of the world's largest heavy water plants, making it a target for German occupation during World War II.
What is electrical energy?
The type of energy a rock sitting on the edge of a cliff has.
What is gravitational potential energy?
When a skateboard skates along the ground, some thermal energy is released due to the __________ between the wheels and the ground.
What is friction?
The formula for gravitational potential energy of an object on Earth.
What is GPE = m*g*h?
(You must define what each letter stands for)
In 1942, this secret U.S. program worked to develop the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
I'm a big fan of kinetic energy...
What is wind energy?
The type of potential energy in the sun.
What is nuclear energy?
This law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
The numerical value for gravity, used in the formula for potential energy. (Include units!)
What is 10m/s/s?
Name four renewable energy sources that are used by countries around the world.
What are (any combination of):
Wind, water, solar, geothermal, biomass?
I am the most powerful renewable energy source. I'm always rushing...
What is hydropower?
The process by which autotrophs convert electromagnetic energy into chemical potential energy.
What is photosynthesis?
A turbine converts __________ energy from wind, water, or steam into __________ energy to spin the blades.
What are kinetic and mechanical energy, respectively?
A 5kg object is lifted 2 meters into the air. How much GPE does it gain?
What is 100 J?
DAILY DOUBLE: YOU DECIDE HOW MUCH OF YOUR POINTS TO WAGER.
This country is one of the world leaders in renewable energy, with over 88% of its energy coming from renewable sources. Over half of this power comes from wind turbines alone.
What is Denmark?
I am a solid non-renewable energy that may or may not have come from your favorite dinosaur...
What is coal?
A roller coaster starts at the top of a hill with 450 joules of potential energy. Halfway down the track, it has ______ J of kinetic energy. (Assume there is no friction.)
What is 225 J?
In order to produce electricity, a turbine must connect to a ___________, which contains __________ spinning around a ___________.
What is a generator, magnets, and an electrical wire, respectively?
Rock A weighs 10kg and is on the edge of a 50m tall cliff on Earth.
Rock B weighs 10kg and is on the edge of a 50m tall cliff on the Moon.
Rock __ has more gravitational potential energy. EXPLAIN WHY.
What is Rock A?
What is, because gravity on Earth is greater than on the moon?
Name one benefit that fracking has provided to the United States.
What is:
economic independence?
energy independence?
reduction of gas/oil prices in the US?
creation of jobs in the fracking industry?