Energy
the ability to do work
What is energy?
a windmill generating electricity
What is mechanical to electrical?
the energy stored in a battery
What is chemical energy?
a person running
What is mechanical energy?
states that energy cannot be created or destroyed--just changes form
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
energy that is stored and ready
What is potential energy?
burning fossil fuels in a power plant
What is chemical to thermal to mechanical to electrical?
the energy stored in biomass (crops, firewood, etc)
What is chemical energy?
sunlight
What is radiant energy?
the energy transformation in photosynthesis
energy that is in motion
What is kinetic energy?
a battery-powered flashlight
What is chemical energy to radiant energy?
the energy inside the sun
What is nuclear (fusion)?
heat from a fire
What is thermal energy?
natural resources that will not run out if they are managed properly
What are renewable resources?
name four forms of kinetic energy
What is mechanical, thermal, radiant, electrical, and sound energy?
a hydroelectric power plant (start with water behind a dam)
What is GPE to mechanical to electrical?
a ball at the top of a hill
What is gravitational potential energy?
lightning
What is electrical energy?
energy sources that come from the sun--name 3
What are biomass, wind, solar, light (radiant), water, fossil fuels?
name three forms of potential energy
What is chemical, elastic, gravitational, and nuclear energy?
a solar panel on the roof of a house
What is radiant to electrical?
Where would a roller coaster have the most potential energy?
What is at the top of the highest hill?
where a roller coaster would have the most kinetic energy
What is the bottom of the tallest hill?
the most common secondary source of energy
What is electricity?