Energy Transformations
Potential and Kinetic
Types of Energy
Definitions
Name the Unit
100

Burning a candle.

Chemical energy -> thermal energy + radiant energy

100

What is the process of having energy based on position, shape or condition?

Potential energy.

100

Energy that has the ability to fall; this type of energy increases the higher up you go.

Gravitational potential energy.

100

Energy is defined as _________.

The ability to do work or cause change.

100

This is what power is measured in

Watts

200

Using a hot plate to boil water.

Electrical energy -> thermal energy

200
What is the process of spending energy or energy in motion.
Kinetic energy.
200
"You can burn it or you can eat it."
Chemical energy.
200

List the renewable resources (list at least 3 out of the 5 possibilities.)

Biomass, hydropower, geothermal, wind and solar.

200

Is what energy is generally measured in

Joules

300
A hungry football player eating a large sandwhich to use the food for energy.
Chemical energy -> mechanical energy
300
A heavy vase on a table has this type of energy.
(Gravitational) potential energy.
300
This type of energy is generated by a force - a push or a pull.
Mechanical energy.
300

____________ is the rate at which energy is converted

Power

300

Is what energy in our bodies is measured in

Calories

400

Using a solar-powered calculator.

Radiant energy -> electrical energy -> radiant energy

400
A person running down the sidewalk has this type of energy.
(Mechanical) kinetic energy.
400

Compressing a spring is this kind of energy.

Elastic potential energy.

400
Define gravity.
The force of attraction between all objects in the universe.
400
Is how efficiency is represented

%

500
A solar panel on the roof of a building used to heat and cool the building.
Radiant energy -> electrical energy
500
A person that has just jumped from an airplane has this type of energy.
(Gravitational) potential and kinetic energy.
500

The sun is an example of this type of energy.

Heat, Radiant, Nuclear and Gravitational

500
List the Law of Conservation of Energy.
Energy can be not be created or destroyed.
500

The unit for force

Newtons

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