Energy Transformations
Heat Transfer
Potential and Kinetic
Types of Energy
Definitions
100
Burning a candle.
Chemical energy -> heat energy + light energy
100

What are the 3 forms of heat transfer?

Conduction, convection, radiation

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) potential energy.

100
Energy is defined as _________.
The ability to do work.
200
Using a hot plate to boil water.
Electrical energy -> heat energy
200

Is metal a good conductor of heat or a good insulator?

Good conductor.

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 3 renewable resources

Biomass, hydropower, geothermal, wind and solar.

300
A hungry football player eating a large sandwich to use the food for energy.
Chemical energy -> mechanical energy
300

You fall asleep outside on the beach and wake up with a burn all over your skin. What form of heat transfer caused your burns?

Radiation

300
A heavy vase on a table has this type of energy.
(Gravitational) potential energy.
300

What two factors affect the amount of potential energy

Mass and speed

300

What are 3 non-renewable resources?

Petroleum, coal, natural gas, uranium and propane.

400
Using a solar-powered calculator.
Radiant energy -> electrical energy ->light energy
400
Cooking a grilled cheese sandwich on a griddle is an example of what type of heat transfer?

Conduction

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

This type of energy is caused by vibrations traveling through a medium (usually air)

Sound energy.

400

What is mechanical energy?

the sum of kinetic and potential energy

500
A solar panel on the roof of a building used to heat and cool the building.
Radiant energy -> electrical energy
500

The currents in the ocean are an example of what type of heat transfer?

Convection 

500
A person that has just jumped from an airplane has this type of energy. (2 types)
(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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