Vocabulary
Concepts
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100

The ability to cause change in matter.

What is Energy?

100

The amount of Potential Energy on an object depends on these three things.

What is mass, gravity, and height from the ground?

100
Stored energy is a form of kinetic energy
What is false?
100

A material that allows electrical or thermal to pass through easily

What is a conductor?

100
Hot air does this.
What is rise?
200
Energy due to an object's condition or position.
What is Potential Energy?
200
As an object’s temperature increases, so does this.
What is Thermal Energy?
200
All objects have thermal energy, even ice.
What is true?
200
The primary source of light on the Earth
What is the sun?
200

Fill in the blank: Ice melts because _______ energy is traveling from the air in the room to the ice.

What is thermal?

300
Energy of motion.
What is Kinetic Energy?
300

The concept of conservation of energy explains this (the fact of energy we've talked about all week).

What is energy cannot be created or destroyed it can only change from one form to another?

300
When ice is left at room temperature its molecules release heat and move slower, making the ice melt.
What is false?
300

The type of energy that sends vibrations through the air that can be picked up by our senses

What is sound energy?

300

This is the type of energy that is in batteries.

What is chemical energy?

400

This alternative energy (found on some calculators and on the tops of some houses) uses light energy and converts it to electrical energy.

What are solar panels?

400

Your muscles are able to move because of this energy transformation.

What is Potential to Kinetic energy?

400
Objects at high elevations have lower potential energy because gravity takes away their potential to fall much further.
What is false?
400
A glass of water is 0degrees C. The room is 23degrees C. How does the heat move? a. there is no movement of heat b. from the cup to the room c. from the room to the cup
What is from room to cup?
400

What causes the air currents in our atmosphere?

What is the thermal energy from the Sun?

500
Energy carried by an electric current.
What is Electric Energy?
500
Thermal energy only travels in this direction.
What is higher temperature to lower temperature?
500

A sweater keeps you warmer in cold weather because it's an insulator and doesn't allow your body's thermal heat to pass through easily.

What is true?

500

Rubbing your hands together is an example of this type of energy.

What is mechanical energy?

500
Why do some pots have a layer of copper at the bottom? a. copper is a good conductor of heat. b. copper creates convection, which heats food. c. copper increases the pot's mechanical energy. d. copper is an insulator that keeps food from burning.
What is a. copper is a good conductor of heat.
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