Lesson 12
The ability to cause change or do work is...
What is energy?
The measurement of how hot or cold something is
What is temperature?
The transfer of thermal energy through the touch of particles
What is conduction?
What transfers thermal energy quickly?
What are conductors?
natural materials used by humans that are found on Earth
What are resources?
Stored energy that is not being used but is waiting to be releases is...
What is potential energy?
The energy due to the motion of particles that make up matter
What is thermal energy?
The transfer of thermal energy through the movement of particles
What is convection?
an object or substance through which energy does not flow quickly
What is an insulator?
materials that cannot be replenished as fast as they are used
What are nonrenewable resources?
Energy that is due to motion
What is kinetic energy?
A unit of energy defined as the amount of thermal energy needed to increase the temperature
What is a calorie?
The transfer of thermal energy through electromagnetic waves
What is radiation?
the transfer of thermal energy through the touch of particles
What is conduction?
materials that can be replenished as fast as or faster than they are used
What are renewable resources?
Radiant, thermal, sound, and electric energy are all types of .....
What is kinetic energy?
Thermal energy can cause changes in....
What is matter?
3 ways that heat can be transferred
What are conduction, convection, and radiation?
Wood is an insulator or conductor?
insulator
A type of resource that provides hydropower
What is water?
Gravitational, elastic, chemical, and nuclear energy are examples of ....
What are potential energy?
When thermal energy of an object is increased, its atoms.....
What is move faster?
An x-ray is an example of what kind of wave?
What is electromagnetic?
Water is an insulator or conductor?
conductor
A type of resource that
provides nuclear energy
What is uranium?