The kind of energy that usually produces heat or flames and sometimes an odor. A campfire or using gasoline in your car are examples.
What is chemical energy?
100
a push or a pull
What is a force?
100
newtons
What is the metric unit of force?
200
Two kinds of energy that can be found in every form of energy
What are potential energy and kinetic energy?
200
a device used to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy
What is a generator?
200
Energy that comes from the center part of atoms when atoms are split apart or smashed together.
What is nuclear energy?
200
joules
What is the metric unit name for work?
200
meters
What is the metric unit of distance
300
Kinetic energy
What is the energy of motion?
300
Examples of this form of energy are wind, falling rocks, a moving bicycle.
What is mechanical energy?
300
Sound energy is a type of this form of energy because it involves vibration which is a type of movement.
What is mechanical energy?
300
What two pieces of information do you need to figure out how much work has been done?
What is distance and force?
300
A woman pushes her bike for 10 meters using a force of 2 newtons.
What is 20 joules of work?
400
At the top of the roller coaster hill, the cars pause briefly. They are full of a certain kind of energy.
What is potential energy?
400
The Law of Conservation of Energy
What is energy cannot be created or destroyed but can change form.
400
The rapid movement of molecules (tiny particles of matter) is associated with this kind of energy. The faster the molecules move, the more of this energy is present.
What is heat energy?
400
The formula for work
What is force X distance?
400
The number you use to multiply when you change kilograms (kg) to newtons
What is 9.8?
500
If something is already on the ground or floor, it cannot fall. Therefore it has no potential energy. An object's potential energy depends on its location. That is why potential energy is also known as this.
What is the energy of position?
500
The four forms of energy used in electric power plants to produce electricity by converting one form of energy to another.
Hint: start with burning coal and end with electrical energy.
What are chemical, heat, mechanical, and electrical?
500
The flow of these negatively charged parts of atoms is electrical energy.
What are electrons?
500
The definition of work
What is a force makes something move in the direction of the force?
500
The amount of work done when you read a book or solve math problems in your head