Energy Basics
How many types of potential energy are there?
4
Energy stored in bonds between atoms and molecules?
Example: batteries
What is chemical energy?
Someone is at the top of a hill with a skateboard. What type of energy do they have lots of?
Potential
What type of kinetic energy is associated with the vibration of particles in a material or medium?
What is sound energy?
Give an example of an object, in this classroom, with high potential energy.
Tv stand, Things at the edge of Mrs. Coulson's Desk, Light covers, Whiteboard markers, something on top of the table that could fall...
How many types of kinetic energy are there?
5
Energy associated with the temperature of an object?
What is thermal energy?
What are the types of energy that make a flashlight work?
Chemical energy from the batteries is transformed into electrical energy, which is then transformed into light energy.
What type of kinetic energy is produced by the movement of charged particles, such as electrons?
What is electric energy?
What type of potential energy is found particles and structure of an atom's nucleus?
What is nuclear energy?
Energy is the ability to do work, true or false?
True
Energy produced by the flow of charges.
What does it flow in?
(Both parts = full points)
What is electrical energy?
-circuit
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What type of energy is carried by electromagnetic waves, including visible light and radio waves?
What is radiant/electromagnetic energy?
Eating a hamburger is an example of what type of energy?
What is chemical potential energy?
Energy can be destroyed, true or false?
False
Energy that a powers a submarine
What is Nuclear potential energy?
Riding a bike down the hill
Kinetic
-Motion/mechanical
-Gravitational
What type of kinetic energy is associated with the random motion of tiny particles in matter, resulting in temperature?
What is thermal energy?
What type of potential energy is associated with the position of objects above the Earth's surface?
What is gravitational potential energy?
An example of a renewable source of energy.
100 pts per correct answer
Solar
Wind
Hydro
Geothermal
Biomass
Type of energy an object has because of its position or condition. When is it the highest?
What is potential energy? *High off the ground
What happens to the potential energy of a ball as it falls from a height, and what type of energy does it gain?
The potential energy decreases as it falls, and it gains kinetic energy.
What kind of energy makes a windmill work?
-What does it produce? (for full points)
Mechanical or Motion energy
Creates Electrical or Chemical energy
What type of potential energy is stored in materials when they are stretched or compressed? Give 5 examples for full points
What is elastic potential energy?
-Muscles
-Springs
-Rubber Bands
-Trampoline
-Diving Board
-Archery (bow)