Vocab
a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole is...
What is a system?
When something moves, it is because of _____________ energy.
What is kinetic?
the energy that is stored in an object or system
What is potential energy?
This type of energy is sourced from the sun.
What is light energy?
the ability to make things move or change
What is energy?
Energy can be _____________ from one object to another.
What is transferred?
What is converted?
Both are correct.
the energy that an object has because it is moving
What is kinetic energy?
The type of energy stored in a battery pack is...
What is potential electrical energy?
to move from one object to another or one place to another
What is transfer?
One of the requirements for our rescue mission workers was to get energy to the batteries in the rescue workers’ electrical devices, even when the power is out. The workers would need some sort of ___________ to store the energy.
What is a battery?
to change from one type of energy to another
What is convert?
This type of energy is a renewable energy source.
What is solar energy?
What is wind energy?
What is hydroelectric energy?
(all are correct)
an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
What is a model?
When evaluating an energy system, one must consider the __________ of energy the system can capture
What is amount?
What is the type?
(Either is correct)
If something has the ability to make things move or change, but is not changing now, it has ___________ energy.
What is potential?
One fitness magazine suggests that the food you eat is like a battery because it has energy. What kind of energy would food have in it?
What is potential energy?
the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim
What is reasoning?
Sometimes energy is not in a usable form. What would need to happen to the energy before it is used?
What is convert?
____________ creates energy. If something has energy, it must have been transferred from something else.
What is nothing?
When you charge your phone from a battery pack, does the amount of energy in the battery pack increase, decrease, or stay the same?
What is decrease?