Types of Energy
Anything that moves has this type of energy
What is Kinetic?
The top the rollercoaster has the most ___________ energy.
What is potential?
What is chemical?
Three examples of renewable resources
What is sun, water, wind, biomass?
The flow of energy between objects of different temperatures.
What is heat?
This energy is stored in an object because of a change in the object's position
What is potential energy?
The bottom of the rollercoaster has the most ___________________ energy.
What is kinetic?
Playing a guitar is an example of this type of energy
What is kinetic or potential?
Name three examples of nonrenewable resources
What is coal, fossil fuel, oil, natural gas?
When light passes directly through an object
What is absorbed?
This energy is carried by light?
What is radiant energy?
This type of energy powers the rollercoaster__________________.
What is electrical energy?
Give three examples of items that use electrical energy
Anything that uses electricity
___________ is another word for biomass.
What is wood?
When energy is passed from one object to another
What is energy transfer?
This energy is contained in the nucleus of an atom
What is nuclear energy?
Describe how potential energy changes to kinetic energy
The highest point of the rollercoaster is an example of potential energy and as the rollercoaster drops, it changes to kinetic.
Give 2 examples of nuclear energy.
What is atomic bomb, nuclear power plant
____________ does not cause pollution.
What are renewable resources?
This is the unit of measure for energy
What is joules?
This energy is stored in bonds between atoms.
What is chemical energy?
As the roller coaster's energy is converted from potential to kinetic, the total amount of energy remains the same. This is what law?
What is conservation of energy?
Does a Math calculator electrical energy? Explain.
It does not use electrical energy because we don't need to charge it.
___________________ can produce electricity.
What are renewable and nonrenewable resources?
Describe the relationship between kinetic energy and speed.