Vocab
Energy Conservation
Potential and Kinetic
Types of Energy
Definitions
100

Splitting the nucleus of an atom.

Fission

100
Name one way you can reduce air leaks in your home.
Caulking, Foam/Fiberglass insulation.
100
What is the process of saving up or storing energy?
Potential energy.
100
Energy that has the ability to fall; this type of energy increases the higher up you go.
Gravitational energy.
100
Energy is defined as _________.
The ability to do work.
200

When atoms join or fuse together. In nuclear energy, hydrogen atoms join together to form helium.

Fusion

200

What are some ways are school can conserve energy?

LED light bulbs 

New HVAC system...

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.
300

Changing form. ______________ of energy is changing one form of energy into another form.

Transformation

300
From our in class experiment, is plastic a good conductor of heat or a good insulator?
Good insulator.
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
List the Non-Renewable resources (list at least 3 out of the 5 possibilities.)
Petroleum, coal, natural gas, uranium and propane.
400

A machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.

 Generator

400
Name one way you can conserve energy in your home.
Energy efficient appliances, etc.
400
A person running down the sidewalk has this type of energy.
(Mechanical) kinetic energy.
400
An atom splitting is this type of energy.
Nuclear energy.
400
Define gravity.
The force of attraction between all objects in the universe.
500

A machine that converts electrical energy to mechanical energy.

Motor

500
Name one way to prevent the heat from the sun from entering your house on a hot, summer day.
Solar screens on your windows, black-out curtains (closed).
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.
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