Energy Review

Kinetic/Potential Energy

100

Energy a apple has before it falls from the tree

What is potential (gravitational)

200

The energy any object has because of its motion.

What is kinetic energy?

300

Stored energy or energy that an object has due to its position.

What is potential energy?

400

As a roller coaster car goes down a hill, its potential energy is changed into this.

What is kinetic energy?

500

Two things affect the amount of kinetic energy

What are mass and speed?

Forms of Energy

100

Energy an object has due to its motion, position or condition.

What is mechanical energy?

200

Energy formed when an atom splits apart or when two atoms join to form one.

What is nuclear energy?

300

Energy stored in the way atoms are connected to each other.

What is chemical energy?

400

Energy of the movement of atoms and molecules.

What is thermal energy?

500

Energy from the sun that travels to earth

What is radiant/light? (Bonus 100 for also mentioning thermal)

Energy Transform

100

This is an example of radiant energy being changed to electrical energy.

What is a solar powered calculator?

200

This is an example of electrical energy being changed to radiant energy.

What is a lamp?

300

This is an example of radiant energy being changed to thermal energy.

What are solar panels?

400

Type of energy changes in a dishwasher

What is electrical to mechanical and thermal?

500

Energy changes in a battery-operated flashlight

What is chemical to electrical to radiant/light?

Energy Resources

100

The non-renewable resource we power our cars with

What is petroleum?

200

Renewable resource found in rivers

What is hydropower?

300

Renewable resource that comes from the sun

What is solar energy?

400

Renewable resource found deep in the earth

What is geothermal energy?

500

Energy found in the nucleus of atoms released through fusion and fission?

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Energy Soup

100

The ability to do work or cause change

What is energy?

200

This energy resource is dangerous because the generators are hard to work on, they take up a lot of space, and they can kill birds

What is wind energy?

300

Useless on a cloudy day.

What is solar energy?

400

Energy from the vibration of molecules that causes waves that travel to our ears.

What is sound?

500

Light to chemical to mechanical to you

What is food?