Energy Types
The stored energy an object has because of its position or state
What is potential energy?
The energy carried by light rays
What is light energy?
The energy that electricity provides
What is electrical energy?
The push or pull of an object with mass
What is force?
Energy obtained from sun
What is solar energy?
Another name for potential energy
What is stored energy
The energy carried by sound waves
What is sound energy?
The energy stored in objects that are in a position to fall. When objects fall, their energy is changed to other energy forms and makes things happen
What is gravitational energy?
Lightning converts electrical energy into light, heat and also _____________
What is sound energy?
Energy that cannot be renewed or restored
What is nonrenewable energy?
The energy an object has because of its motion
What is kinetic energy?
The energy present in moving things, such as the wind, a racing car, or a soaring bat. This energy makes things happen
What is motion energy?
The energy in materials such as food, batteries, dynamite and gasoline. This energy can be used to make things happen
What is chemical energy?
The total amount of energy always remains the same
What is energy conservation?
The process used by plants to convert sunlight into chemical energy
What is photosynthesis?
Another name for kinetic energy
What is energy in motion?
the energy a substance has a result of its temperature. The higher an object’s temperature, the more energy it has
What is heat energy?
Energy that is passes from one form to another
What is energy transfer?
Electrical energy is moved from the wall socket through the cable, and is stored in the phone battery until used is an example of ___________
What is energy transfer?
Energy that can be renewed or restored
What is renewable energy?
The power or ability to do work or make something move/be active
What is energy?
The energy stored in stretchy objects when they are stretched, or in springy objects when are compressed
What is elastic energy?
It can never be created or destroyed
What is Energy?
The sun transforms nuclear energy into __________ and ____________
What is heat and light energy?
These are compound mixtures made of fossilized plant and animal remnants from millions of years ago
What are fossil fuels?