ENERGY BASICS
Ability to do work
What is energy?
The form of energy stored in an apple
What is chemical energy?
Resources that cannot be replaced by natural processes in less than 100 years.
What is nonrenewable resources?
Energy per time
What is power?
Energy of splitting atoms
What is fission?
The fossil fuel used primarily for transportation.
What is petroleum/oil?
The SI unit for energy
What is Joule?
Energy stored in a rubber band
What is elastic potential energy?
Energy resources providing 80% of world's energy
What are fossil fuels?
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed
What's conservation of energy (the 1nd law of thermodynamics)?
When kinetic energy is the greatest on a roller coaster?
What's the bottom of the hill/slope?
What fossil fuels are formed from.
What is thermally matured organic matter? (or decaying plants and animals:)?
1015 BTU
What is a Quad?
These two forms of energy are described as waves
What are sound and light?
Energy source used only for electricity generation
What is nuclear power?