Vocabulary
Key Concepts
What is Energy?
The Rescue Team's Energy Needs
Designing an Energy Solution
100

The energy an object has because it is moving.

Kinetic Energy

100

When something is moving, it has _____________.

Kinetic Energy

100

Which object has KINETIC ENERGY?

Fan Not Spinning, Fan Spinning, Soccer Ball Not Moving, or Food?

Fan Spinning

100

When we built systems in our classroom, what energy source did the fan get its energy from to be able to spin?

The Solar Panel, battery, or hand crank

100

What is a proposal (possibly theory or answer) to answer a question about the natural world?

Hint- we chose between 2 of them for the rescue workers. 

Claim

200

a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

system

200

Whenever something moves or changes, it is because of ___________________.

Energy

200

Which objects have POTENTIAL ENERGY?

 Fan Spinning, Soccer Ball Not Moving, or Food

ball & food

200

How do objects get their energy?

The energy is transferred or converted from somewhere else.

200

Which body movement does the Energy Backpack use to generate energy?

Bouncing/shaking

300

a machine that can convert kinetic energy into electrical energy

a generator
300

When something has the ability to make things move or change in the future but it is not moving right now, it has _________________.

Potential Energy

300

Which of the following objects can you SEE evidence of energy:

Fan Not Spinning, Fan Spinning, Soccer Ball Not Moving, or Food?

Fan Spinning

300

How does a generator work?

kinetic energy--> electrical

300

What type of writing is a claim supported by evidence?  Begins with an 'A"

scientific argument

400

To change from one type to another

convert

400

TRUE OR FALSE

Nothing creates energy. If something has energy, the energy must have been transferred from something else.

TRUE

400

Describe the type of energy does a wind-up toy that is wound up but not moving have.

Potential Energy

400

How did your invention generate kinetic energy?

answers vary: movement, thermal energy, sound energy

400

We use 2 pieces of _______ the Rescue worker letter to support our claim.

evidence

500

to move from one object/place to another

transfer

500

Energy can be ___________ from one object to another, and energy can be ______________ from one type to another.

Transferred and Converted

500

A wind-up toy that is wound up and moving has...

 kinetic energy

500

Describe the object in the system you created that  has POTENTIAL Energy

The Battery

500

Which energy source does the Hollow flashlight use to generate energy?

thermal

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