Solar Energy
Kinetic and Potential Energy
Energy General
Hydropower
Nonrenewable & Renewable Energy
100
I am the type of energy gained from the sun.
What is solar energy?
100
The energy of motion that relates to speed.
What is kinetic energy?
100
The ability to do work.
What is energy?
100
I am caused by gravity's effect on water.
What is hydropower?
100
A shiny, black rock found in the ground.
What is coal?
200
I am the measurement used for heat energy.
What is temperature?
200
Stored energy that is related to how high off the ground something is.
What is potential energy?
200
I can be neither created nor destroyed.
What is energy?
200
I am a famous dam named after a president.
What is the Hoover dam?
200
My major use is for transportation.
What is petroleum?
300
I am one of the three variables that affects the intensity of solar energy.
What are time, location, or season?
300
The moment when a bouncy ball has the greatest amount of potential energy.
What is when it reaches its highest point in the air?
300
I am the type of energy stored in wood.
What is potential energy? (What is biomass energy?)
300
I am the type of energy transfer that allows boats to move through the water.
What is potential to kinetic energy?
300
I can be converted directly into electricity using PV cells.
What is solar energy?
400
Heat energy is often referred to as this.
What is thermal energy?
400
An example of this is a ball rolling on a floor.
What is kinetic energy?
400
Kaylee is riding a bike down a hill. I am the moment she has the lowest amount of potential energy.
What is the bottom of the hill?
400
I am the thing that spins and generates electricity.
What is a turbine?
400
I get my energy from wood, garbage, and agricultural waste.
What is biomass?
500
I am the cell used to chemically transform solar energy into electricity.
What is photovoltaic?
500
A marble is rolling up a hill and stops at the top. I am this type of energy transfer.
What is kinetic energy to potential energy?
500
I am often referred to as "green" energy.
What is renewable energy?
500
The area of storage behind a dam.
What is a reservoir?
500
I'm caused by uneven heating of the Earth's surface.
What is wind?
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