Energy Transformation
Where does solar energy collect?
What is: Solar Panels.
What year were solar panels invented?
What is: 1839.
What are some forms of energy?
What is: Solar, Sound, Light, Radiation.
How does sound energy travel?
What is: Sound energy travels through waves.
Do solar panels work better when you put them higher up on the roof because they are nearer the sun?
What is: Sometimes.
WHat big power source powers all solar panels?
What is: The sun
How many solar panels are needed to produce enough energy for a house?
What is: 12-18.
How far does electricity travel in a second?
What is: 186,000.
How is sound measured?
What is: Decibels.
What happens when air molecules vibrate?
What is: They make sound.
What are 3 different ways energy can transfer?
What is: Wires, Power banks, Solar farms, Windmills, Oil.
What 2 types of energy can be stored by sound?
What is: Kinetic and Potential.
What is the largest source of primary energy worldwide?
What is: Oil.
Does sound travel faster through air or in water?
What is: 4x faster in water than air.
True or False: everything that is moving has mechanical energy?
What is: True.
A solar panel on top of a house. The energy collected by the panel is collected and used to make a smoothie in your blender.
What is: Radiant to electric to mechanical to chemical potential energy.
What unit is used to measure sound?
What is: Joules.
What percent of natural gasses are produced domestically?
What is: 85%.
True or False: There is sound in space
What is: False, there is no sound without in space.
How many kilowatts does an average household use?
What is: 11,000.
This type of energy cannot travel through a vacuum, such as between the earth and the sun.
What is: Sound energy.
How is solar energy produced?
What is: The sun.
True or False: Energy can be destroyed and created?
What is: False.
How fast does sound energy travel?
What is: 700 miles per hour.
How many miles are there of pipeline that transfers gas directly into houses?
What is: 2.5 million miles.