Types of Energy
Definitions
Renewable Energy
Non-Renewable Energy
Bonus (Extra Points!)
100

The type of energy a ball has when it is moving.

What is Kinetic Energy?

100

The energy that something has when it is about to move is _____ energy.

What is Potential Energy?

100

Energy harnessed from the sun using solar panels.

What is Solar Energy?

100

Is non-renewable energy good for the environment?

No, it is not.

100

When you use a charger what type of energy are you going to use?

What is Electrical Energy?

200

Which of the following is not a type of energy?

A) Mechanical energy 

B) Chemical energy

C) Organelle energy

D) Nuclear energy

C) Organelle-energy

200

Energy coming from the temperature of matter.

What is Thermal Energy?

200

Energy generated from the wind using turbines.

What is Wind Energy?

200

Which of the following is not a non-renewable energy?

A) Fossil fuels 

B) Nuclear energy 

C) Geothermal energy

C) Geothermal Energy

200

(Name all of the Fossil Fuels.)

The Fossil Fuels are: _____.

Coal, oil, & natural gas.

300

The type of energy that is stored in food.

What is Chemical Energy?

300

The type of energy that can be used over and over again without running out is ____.

What is Renewable Energy?

300

Which of the following is not a type of renewable energy?

A)Biomass

B)Hydropower 

C) Solar energy 

D)Reprocessed energy

D) Reprocessed energy

300

Name at least one type of non-renewable energy.

Possible Answers:

Fossil fuels and nuclear energy.

300

What type of energy does a human body use?

What is Chemical Energy?

400

The type of energy stored in the nucleus of an atom.

What is Nuclear Energy?

400

The mix of potential and kinetic energy is: _____.

What is Mechanical Energy?

400

Name at least two types of renewable energy.

Possible Answers:

Solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, biomass, and geothermal energy.

400

The non-renewable energy that is formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals.

What are Fossil Fuels?

400

Energy can't be created or destroyed. Scientists call this rule _____.

What is The Law of Conservation of Energy?

500

Name ALL the main types of energy.

What is kinetic energy, potential energy, thermal energy, chemical energy, electrical energy, nuclear energy, and mechanical energy?

500

Energy Meaning:

Energy is the ability to do ____ or cause ____.

Work & Change.

500

The oldest form of renewable energy.

What is Hydropower?

500

Name the three common uses for nonrenewable energy.

Power vehicles, factories, and homes.

500

The sector of the U.S. economy that consumes most of the nation’s petroleum is _____.

Transportation.