Energy Transformations
Burning a candle.
Chemical energy plus heat energy plus light energy
What is the difference between chemical and mechanical energy?
Chemical energy, stored in bonds of chemical compounds. chemical energy may be released during chemical reactions. Mechanical energy -it is the sum of kinetic and potential energy in an object that is used to do work, or in other words, it is energy in an object due to its motion or position, or both.
What is the process of saving up or storing energy?
Potential energy.
The energy that has the ability to fall; this type of energy increases the higher up you go.
Gravitational Potential energy.
Energy is_________.
The ability to do work.
Is metal a good conductor of heat or a good insulator?
Good conductor.
"You can burn it or you can eat it."
Chemical energy.
List a renewable resource.
Biomass, hydropower, geothermal, wind or solar.
Is plastic a good conductor of heat or a good insulator?
Insulator
This type of energy is generated by a force - a push or a pull.
Mechanical energy.
List a Non-Renewable resource.
Petroleum, coal, natural gas, uranium or propane.
Name one way you can conserve energy in your home.
Energy-efficient appliances, etc.
An atom-splitting is this type of energy.
Nuclear energy.
Define gravity.
The force of attraction between all objects in the universe.
A solar panel on the roof of a building used to heat and cool the building.
Radiant energy plus electrical energy
Name one way to prevent the heat from the sun from entering your house on a hot, summer day.
Solar screens on your windows, black-out curtains (closed).
The sun is an example of this type of energy.
Heat, Radiant, Nuclear, or Gravitational
List the Law of Conservation of Energy.
Energy can be not be created or destroyed.