Energy Conversions
Vocabulary
Scientific Method
Scientists/Inventors
Energy Sources
100
A device that converts electrical energy into sound energy
Radio
100
A collection of interacting parts that work together
System
100
Figuring out an answer to your scientific question.
Conclusion
100
Known for many inventions including the traffic signal
Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr.
100
This energy source allows us to convert solar energy to electrical energy using solar panels and solar thermal power plants.
Sun
200
A device that converts electrical energy into light energy
Lamp
200
This word means to change from one form to another
Convert
200
When you test to see if your hypothesis is right or wrong.
Experiment
200
Joined the NASA’s astronaut training program and became the first female African-American space traveler
Mae C. Jemison
200
This energy source creates energy when it collides with the blades of a turbine that turns an electric generator. A hydroelectric power plant converts this energy source from a river into electrical energy.
Water
300
A device that converts electrical energy into thermal energy
Electric Stove
300
The place where something comes from
Source
300
A smart guess about the answer to the question
Hypothesis
300
Known for discovering many uses for the peanut including soap and shampoo
George Washington Carver
300
This energy source is a type of thermal energy that comes from deep in the Earth.
Geothermal
400
A device that converts electrical energy into motion energy
Electric Motors
400
To try to make something new that solves a problem
Design
400
When you learn as much about the topic that you are studying as you can
Research
400
Created hair-softening cream and shampoo; hired and trained thousands of black women to sell her hair-care products, and was the first Black woman millionaire in United States
Madame C.J. Walker
400
What does it mean if an energy source is renewable?
An energy source is called renewable if nature will always provide more of it, even after you have used what nature has already provided. For instance, sunlight is renewable because, after you use sunlight, the sun still shines and gives you more.
500
A device that converts the motion energy of wind into electrical energy
Wind Turbine
500
To put together multiple pieces of information in order to understand something
Synthesize
500
When you ask what, how, when, where or why something happens
Scientific Question
500
Who is your favorite scientist that we learned about and why?
The best asnwer is the most detailed: includes information about the scientist.
500
What should be the back-up energy source of our school?
The best answer relies on what we learned: cost, renewability, environmental impact, etc.