energy vocabulary
what is energy?
The ability to do work
what is heat energy?
sometimes called thermal energy
What is an energy conversion?
a change from one form to another is an energy conversion
what is solor energy?
the warmth you feel on a sunny day which is energy from the sun.
what are the fossil fuels?
coal natral gas and oil
what is potencial energy?
it is stored energy
what is chemical energy?
coused by movement of atoms energy stored in chemicals that can be realeased.
what is the law of conservation of energy?
when one form of energy is converted to another
what are solar plants?
one way to capture the suns energy envolves using giant mirrors.
natral gas is composed mostly of
what is methane gas
what is kinetic energy?
energy of motion
what is electrical energy?
electrons moving from one atom to another atom
what is energy conversion during an earthquake?
a conversion of potentcial energy to kinetic energy during an earthquake.
what is solar cells ?
solar energy can be converted directly to electricity in solar cells.
natral gas
what is an energy transformation
a change energy changing from one to another.
what is radiant energy?
movement of photons and other energy waves
what is energy conversion in a waterfall?
any matter that rises or falls undergoes a change in its kinetic energy.
biomass,hydropower,titlepower,solar energy wind energy and giothermal energy
what are renewable energy sources?
what do nuclear power plants use for fuel?
uraneim
what is macanical energy?
mass of molucules in motion anytime you see something move it is macanical energy?
what is renewable?
any source that can be replaced by nature
what is energy conversion in a pole voult?
as a pole voulter runs he has kinetic energy because he is moving when he plants his voult to jump
which renewable energy source couses pollution
what is biomass
which nonrenewable does not come from the sun?
What is uranium