Forms of Energy
Energy in the Northwest
Transformation of Energy
Interesting Facts
100

The energy's main source is the sun.

What is Solar Energy?

100

Name the energy farm near Ellensburg, WA that uses wind power to generate electricity.

What is Wildhorse Solar and Wind farm.

100

Potential energy is transformed into this energy when kicking a soccer ball.

What is kinetic energy?

100

The name for the factory that processes coal.

What is a refinery or generating station. 

200

The energy is transformed from moving water.

What is hydroelectricity?

200

This hydropower site is the widest ( and biggest concrete dam ) in the US.

What is Grand Coulee Dam?

200

These objects harness power from the sun in order to begin a process of creating energy.

What is solar panels/photovaletic cells?

200

The name for the parts that turn the wind turbine.

What are the blades?

300

This energy goes into our bodies creating heat so we can move.

What is Chemical energy?

300

When coal is burned, it creates this, which turns to the turbine and generator.

What is steam?

300
When a windmill turns, it turns wind energy into ___.

What is electricity?

300

The animal that Native Americans believe created the Colimbia River.

Who is the Coyote?

400

Name an energy that been knownn to pollute the ground.

What is nuclear energy?

400

The only site in Washington that uses fission and fusion of atoms to create nuclear energy.

What is Hanford?

400

When one energy changes from one form to another, this takes place.

What is transformation?

400

A part inside of a dam that is made of magnets and copper coils.

What is an electromagnet or generator?

500

Photosynthesis is this kind of energy.

What is chemical energy?

500

There are this many dams along the Columbia River.

What are 14 dams?

500

This is where energy can be changed to provide energy to your home.

What is a transformer?

500

Waterwheels were used for this purpose before electricity.

What is grinding wheat or corn?