Energy Conversions
Electric Energy At Home
Energy of Life
Fossil Fuels
Challenge
100
The ability to do work.
What is energy?
100
The measurement of power.
What is Watt?
100
This is where photosynthesis occurs.
What is in chloroplasts?
100
The softest form of coal.
What is Lignite?
100
This is turned into glucose when energy is needed.
What is glycogen?
200
The law of conservation of energy means this.
What is energy can't be created or destroyed, it can only change forms?
200
this unit of measurement is used when buying power from the power company?
What is a KWH (kilowatt hours)?
200
This is where cellular respiration occurs.
What is in the mitochandria
200
Used to get coal near the surface.
What is pit mines or strip mines?
200
The chemical formula for Photosynthesis.
What is 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy -> C6H12O6 + 6O2?
300
these elements are needed for an energy conversion to have occurred.
What is input energy, converter, output energy?
300
this type of energy used running water and turbines.
What is Hydro- electric energy?
300
The level of the food chain a wolf falls into.
What is secondary consumer?
300
This rock keeps the oil from reaching the surface.
What is impermeable rock?
300
The chemical equation for Cellular respiration.
What is C6H12O6 + 6O2 -> 6CO2 + 6H2O + energy?
400
These are waste energy products.
What is sound and thermal energy.
400
A generator is composed of these parts.
What is a magnet and a coil wire?
400
The body does these things when it is too cold.
What is it shivers and constricts blood vessels near the surface of the skin?
400
This processed is used during the refining of oil
What is distillation?
400
these 4 things affect your metabolism.
What is Age, Time of Day, Excercise, and Level of Fitness?
500
This is where all energy comes from.
What is the sun?
500
He investigated the magnetic fields around magnets.
Who is Michael Faraday?
500
These fats come from animals.
What is saturated fats?
500
These are the three effects of an oil spill from a sea tanker
What is 1) coastal animals and plants become diseased. 2) Oil slicks form and affect marine life. 3) loss of a non-renewable resource/ money
500
The equation and units for Efficiency.
What is Useful Output energy ----------- x100 Input energy answer is %
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