Potential Energy
Conservation of Energy
Energy Types
Fun Facts
Misc.
100
The stored energy, or energy at rest.
What is Potential Energy?
100
The simple machine that the potential energy of the spring was transferred to in the mousetrap car.
What is wheel & axle?
100
The sun gives off this type of energy.
What is thermal or radiant energy?
100
House room that uses the most energy.
What is the kitchen?
100
In the average american home, home electronics turned off take this much of the total electricity needed to power them all of the time.
What is 75%
200
Point on a roller coaster where PE is greatest.
What is the top?
200
The ability to cause change.
What is energy?
200
Energy used to charge a cell phone.
What is electrical energy?
200
The most used power source in the northwest US.
What is hydropower?
200
The percentage of a home's energy bill due to just heating and cooling the home.
What is 50%?
300
A spring was used to store potential energy in this recent project.
What is the mousetrap car?
300
The two types of energy "suckers" on the roller coaster.
What is friction & air resistance?
300
Energy of motion.
What is Kinetic Energy?
300
The length of time all of the sunlight which reaches the earth's surface each minute would power the entire earth.
What is one year?
300
The percentage of electricity from coal in the U.S.
What is 50%?
400
On a roller coaster, the potential energy at this point would be zero.
What is the bottom?
400
One of the major energy types PE is transferred to.
What is Kinetic Energy?
400
Chemical potential energy example.
What is food?
400
If a person yelled for 8 years, 7 months, and 6 days, he/she would produce enough energy to heat this many cups of coffee.
What is one?
400
The amount of time it takes for Americans to double their energy consumption.
What is 20 years?
500
Type of potential energy held by anything that can fall.
What is Gravitational Potential Energy?
500
The Law of Conservation of Energy
What is "energy can neither be created nor destroyed"?
500
Type of potential energy stored in a spring or rubber band.
What is elastic potential energy?
500
The unit of chemical energy measured in food.
What is the calorie?
500
The percentage of energy used by a light bulb to create light.
What is 10%?
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