Forms of Energy
the energy an object has because of its motion
what is kinetic energy?
A change from one form of energy to another.
What is an energy transformation?
An organic compound that contains only carbon and hydrogen atoms.
What is hydrocarbon?
Fuel made from living things (leaves, trash, manure, etc.)
What is biomass?
the energy of electric charges
stored energy
what is potential energy?
The scientific principles that energy is neither lost nor created during a transformation.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
A factory in which crude oil is heated and separated into fuels and other products.
What is a refinery?
Electricity produced by the kinetic energy of water moving over a waterfall or dam.
What is hydroelectricity?
potential energy stored in an atom's nucleus. ( energy that powers the sun)
What is nuclear energy?
potential energy stored in a chemical bonds . the energy is released during chemical reactions
What is chemical energy?
When you rub your hands together, you use friction to transform
What is mechanical energy transforms to thermal energy?
Coal, oil, or natural gas that forms over millions of years from the remains of ancient organisms: burned to release energy.
What are fossil fuels?
The intense heat energy of Earth's interior that warms magma.
What is geothermal energy?
SI unit of energy, work, or heat
What is a Joule?
the total kinetic and potential energy of the particles with in an object that is at rest.
What is thermal energy?
When sunlight shines on a panel of solar cells (photovoltaic cells)
electromagnetic energy transforms to electrical energy?
A compound made from oil used to make plastics, metals, and cosmetics.
What are petrochemicals?
A disadvantage of using hydroelectric energy
What is destroying habits from flooding?
The splitting of an atom's nucleus is called
What is nuclear fission?
a form of energy that travels through space in waves ( EX: X rays , radio waves , microwaves.)
What is electromagnetic energy?
When natural gas is burned to heat water
What is chemical energy to thermal energy?
The energy stored in fossil fuels originally came from
What is the sun?
What is an advantage of using solar energy?
It won't run out for billions of years
The combining of two atom's nuclei into one is called
What is nuclear fusion?