Level 1
What type of energy does a moving car have?
kinetic energy
What law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed?
The Law of Conservation of Energy
Which form of renewable energy requires photovoltaic cells?
Solar energy
What is a major safety concern of nuclear power plants?
Radiation leaks
How many bones are in the adult human body?
206
What type of energy does a stretched rubber band have?
Elastic Potential Energy
In a toaster, electrical energy is mainly converted into what form of energy?
Heat energy
Where is energy generally lost to?
Heat to the environment
Describe an energy transformation
A transformation is when the energy changes forms from one object to the next.
Which planet spins on its side and has faint rings?
Uranus
True or False: light energy is a form of kinetic energy
True
True or false: nuclear energy is NOT a form of potential energy
False
True or False: a machine that is 100% energy efficient is possible
False
In nuclear fission, energy is released when the nucleus of which atom splits?
Uranium (or plutonium)
Which animal can survive in space (for a short time) and is known as the toughest creature on Earth?
Tardigrade
What form of energy is stored due to an object's height above the ground?
Gravitational Potential Energy
Name the two types of energy that is involved in a pendulum swing.
Gravitational potential and kinetic
When riding a bike up hill, does the kinetic energy increase or decrease?
Decreases (transformed to gravitational potential energy)
What greenhouse gas is most commonly realised from burning fossil fuels?
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
What continent is in all four hemispheres of the world?
What type of energy is stored in food and fuel?
Chemical energy
List the three main energy transformations that occur in a coal fired power plant
Name the country with the most coal-fired power plants.
China
Name a key disadvantage of solar energy
Which country gets almost all of its electrical from renewable sources such as hydro and geothermal?
Iceland