Energy Vocabulary
There are two main types of energy:
What are kinetic and potential?
All energy can be divided into two main forms, ________ energy and ___________ energy
kinetic and potential
Heat energy: energy contained within a system that is responsible for its temperature.
What is Thermal energy?
Explain the transformation that takes place when you rub your hands together
Kinetic (movement of the hands) to thermal (heat produced from friction)
At what point on a roller coaster does the roller coaster have the most potential energy?
At the highest point
The decision and practice of using less energy
What is energy conservation?
The energy that an object has because of its position or condition
What is potential energy?
Energy caused by the movement of electrons
What is Electrical energy?
Explain the transformation that takes place when you turn on a flashlight.
What is Chemical (of the battery) to electrical (flow of electrons) to light energy (from the light) and thermal energy (the heat produced by the light)
This scientist studies the earth, its materials, processes, and history: Earth's landforms and landscapes.
Who are geologists?
The ability to do work; and this can be transferred or transformed into other types.
What is energy?
The energy an object has because of its motion
What is kinetic energy?
Energy stored and available for release from chemical reactions
Chemical energy
A coal grill converts _____ energy to _____ energy
Chemical to thermal
Give three example of everyday devices that use electromagnetic energy
What are microwave, radio, tower, x-ray machine, oven
The use of less energy to perform the same task or produce the same result.
What is energy efficiency?
What two variables influence an objects kinetic energy?
What are mass and speed?
A form of energy that is created by vibrating particles that create waves that can travel through space. This type of energy includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X rays, and gamma rays.
What is Electromagnetic energy?
Through the process of photosynthesis, ________________ energy from the sun is changed to stored ________________ energy.
solar (energy from the sun) to chemical (food plants make through photosynthesis)
This scientist studies weather and climate.
Who are meteorologists?
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Instead, all forms of energy can be converted or transformed into other forms.
What is the law of conservation of energy?
What two variables influence gravitational potential energy?
What are mass and height?
This type of energy is the result when a force, either sound or pressure, makes an object or substance vibrate.
What is sound energy?
In a car, the ________________ energy in gasoline is burned to create heat energy, which is converted to ________________ energy to make the car go.
chemical, kinetic would also take potential, kinetic
According to the law of conservation of energy, in theory, a roller coaster should never stop moving. However, we know that it eventually stops. Where does the energy go?
The energy is transformed into other energies: some is converted into thermal energy due to friction.
Other answers could be accepted.