Types of Energy
Energy Transfer
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Renewable and Nonrenewable
100

Energy that has electricity

Electrical Energy

100

Turning on a light

Electrical Energy to Light Energy

100

The ability to do work, something that causes matter to move or change

Energy

100

A place where energy is kept or saved

Energy Store

100

Why is wood a different type of renewable resource? 

Two answers for this. 

1. It causes pollution

2. It can become nonrenewable if you're not careful

200

Energy that gives off heat

Thermal Energy

200

There are 2 examples of energy transfer here

Heating up food on a stove

Thermal Energy to Thermal Energy

Electrical Energy to Thermal Energy

200

The resistance that occurs when 2 objects rub against each other

Friction

200

Something that stores energy

Energy Resource

200

What are three examples of renewable resources that do not cause pollution? 

1. Solar Power

2. Wind Power

3. Hydropower

300

Energy that has motion or is moving

Kinetic Energy

300

There are 2 types of energy transfer for this example

Ball bouncing off the wall

Kinetic Energy to Kinetic Energy

Kinetic Energy to Sound Energy 

300

A resource that will run out

Nonrenewable 

300

A resource that does not run out

Renewable 

300

What are the 3 types of fossil fuels?

1. Natural Gas

2. Petroleum

3. Coal

400

Energy that is stored in an object due to it being still

Potential Energy

400

The sun warming your skin

Light Energy to Thermal Energy

400

The flow of electricity through a circuit

Electric Current

400

To move energy from one form to another

Energy Transfer

400

What are the two nonrenewable resources?

1. Fossil Fuels

2. Nuclear power

500

Energy that comes from the light of the Sun

Solar Energy
500

Car moving down a hill

Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy 

500

When energy changes from one form to another

Energy Transformation 

500

A path that allows electricity to flow through, like a large hoop

Circuit

500
What are three things that are different about Nuclear Power?

1. It's a nonrenewable resource that doesn't cause pollution

2. If not done carefully it can spread radiation and cause cancer.

3. It uses very little fuel for a lot of power