Vocabulary
Energy I
Energy II
Energy III
Vocabulary II
100
The ability to do work.
Energy
100
Riding a bike is an example of this kind of energy.
Kinetic energy
100
What do we call fossil fuel sources such as coal, oil, and natural gas?
Nonrenewable energy sources
100
Wind, solar, and biomass are examples of what?
Renewable energy sources.
100
What is nonrenewable energy?
Non-renewable energy comes from sources that will run out or will not be replenished in our lifetimes.
200
The energy of motion.
Kinetic energy
200
What kind of energy is shown in the picture below?
Nuclear energy
200
Turbines collect this energy source in wide open spaces using giant spinning blades
Wind energy
200
Physicist and mathematician who developed the principles of modern physics, including the laws of motion.
Newton
200
What is renewable energy?
Renewable energy is any kind of energy that comes from natural sources and won't run out in a lifetime.
300
Type of energy that is stored.
Potential energy.
300
The amount of matter that an object contains.
Mass
300
Turning a doorknob is an example of what kind of energy?
Mechanical Energy
300
What are fossil fuels made from?
The remains of dead plants and animals.
300
Energy created from the fusion or breaking of atoms.
Nuclear energy.
400
A measurement of the gravitational force acting on an object with mass
Weight
400
Renewable organic material that comes from plants like trees, crops like corns, and animals.
Biomass
400
A rollercoaster uses what two kinds of energy?
Kinetic and gravitational potential energy
400
The sun provides what two types of energy?
Heat (thermal) and Light (Radiant)
400
energy that flows down high voltage wires
electrical energy
500
Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only transformed. This is known as the....
Law of Conservation of Energy
500
Name the form of energy shown.
Potential Elastic energy
500
As your car burns gasoline,
________ energy is being transformed into mechanical energy.
Chemical
500
Heat energy from deep inside the earth.
Geothermal energy.
500
Sedimentary deposits of ancient swamp forests composed predominantly of carbon that is readily combustible. Primarily used as fuel to generate electric power in the United States.
Coal.