Energy Vocabulary Basics
What is the name of stored energy?
Potential energy
Energy stored in the bonds between atoms? Example:in 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?
Gravitational Potential Energy
What type of kinetic energy is associated with the vibration of particles in a material or medium?
What is sound energy?
What is the type of heat transfer that occurs in solids.
Conduction
What is the name of energy in motion?
Kinetic energy
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.
Why doesn't a Newton's cradle keep moving forever?
What is the type of heat transfer that occurs in fluids (liquids and gases)?
Convection
Energy is the ability to do work, true or false?
True
Energy produced by the flow of electrons.
What is electrical energy?
Name the energy released and then stored when eating a hamburger?
What is Chemical energy?
Name the Law of the Conservation of Energy.
What is the type of heat transfer that does not require a medium.
Radiation
Energy can be destroyed, true or false?
False
Type of energy primarily produced by the sun?
Light
What types of energy are present when riding a bike down a hill?
Kinetic
-Motion/mechanical
Potential
-Gravitational
Will a wood or metal spoon heat up faster if left out in the sun? *Why?
What kind of energy makes a wind turbine work? What energy does it produce? (for full points)
Mechanical or Motion energy that transforms into Electrical energy
False
Type of energy an object has because of its position relative to the Earth? When is it the highest?
What is gravitational potential energy? *Higher from Earth's surface.
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.
Give 5 examples of materials that store elastic energy when they are stretched or compressed?
Springs, Rubber Bands, Trampoline, Diving Board, Archery (bow), Basketball, rubber ball, tennis ball, Wind up toys, Slinky
From what direction does heat energy transfer (High->Low OR Low->High)?
What is from High Temperature (lots of heat energy) to Low Temperature (low amounts of heat energy)?