Energy Basics
What is a push or a pull that gives an object energy to move?
What is a force?
What form of energy travels as vibrations that can be heard?
What is another word for a crash when two or more objects hit each other
What is a collision?
What energy source in the sky provides both light and heat energy to Earth?
What is the sun?
What vocabulary word means completely still or not moving?
What is motionless?
True or False: Energy can be completely lost or destroyed.
False
What form of energy comes from lightbulbs, flashlights, or the sun and allows us to see?
What is light energy?
How does an object's speed affect its energy?
What is "the faster and object moves, the more energy it has?"
What is the energy that comes directly from the sun called?
What is solar energy?
What word means to soak up or take in energy?
What is absorb?
What occurs when energy travels or moves from one object or place to another?
What is energy transfer?
Rubbing your hands together creates friction and produces this type of energy.
What is heat/thermal energy?
If you double the drop height of a ball, how high will it bounce back up?
What is almost twice as high?
If you leave your backpack outside in the sun all day, why does it feel warm?
Because of energy transfer from the sun
In science, what word means "why" something happens or the action that makes something happen?
What is a cause?
What is stored energy that is resting and waiting to be used called?
What is potential energy?
What type of energy flows through wires to run electrical devices like TVs and computers?
What is electrical energy?
When a fast-moving marble hits a marble sitting still/not moving, what happens to the energy and speed of both marbles?
Energy transfers to the motionless marble, causing it to move, while the fast marble slows down
What happens to ice when it absorbs heat energy from sunlight?
What is it melts (into water)?
What word means the result or reaction of an action?
What is an effect?
The energy stored inside batteries and the food we eat is known as what kind of energy?
What is chemical energy?
A moving ball, a kick, or a running person are all evidence of this type of energy.
What is motion energy?
What design material can engineers add to a crash vehicle to absorb energy transfer and protect fragile items?
What is soft padding (or foam/cushions)
Besides the sun, what are two examples of energy we can see working in our natural environment to move objects like boats?
What are wind energy and water energy?
What is a fair test in a science experiment?
An experiment where only one variable is changed at a time while everything else stays the same