Energy Sources
What energy comes from the kinetic energy of a turbine in the air?
Wind Energy
This is the type of energy an object possesses when it is in motion.
Kinetic Energy
The form of energy that travels to the earth from the sun
Electromagnetic Radiation
Which form of energy comes from the kinetic energy of a turbine under water?
Hydroelectric
The energy in the gravitational attraction between two objects
Gravitational Potential Energy
What is the dual nature of Electromagnetic Radiation?
It behaves likes both waves and particles
Which form of energy comes from the waste of plants and animals?
Biomass
The type of energy that comes from an object being heated
Thermal Energy
List the seven types of EMR in order from longest wavelength to shortest.
Radio waves, microwaves, infrared radiation, visible light, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays
Which form of energy comes from thermal energy from under the earth's crust?
Geothermal
The type of energy that is produced by fission
Nuclear Energy
A single packet of Electromagnetic Energy is called a...
Photon or wave packet
What type of energy is extracted from underneath the earth's surface, processed and delivered to power plants from pipelines?
Natural Gas
This is the type of energy is stored and can later be released from storage and put to use.
Potential Energy
Describe nuclear fission...
Nuclear fusion is the process of combining protons from hydrogen atoms to produce helium atoms. This happens in the sun because of the sun’s enormous gravity which pulls the hydrogen atoms together. They are pulled together so forcefully by the sun’s gravity that they fuse or stick together