Vocabulary
What is energy?
The ability to do work OR
What makes things happen.
Heat and Light
True
Which type of energy is better for the planet? (Renewable or Nonrenewable)
Renewable Energy
Sun.
Potential energy is stored energy.
Kinetic energy is moving energy.
Name 3 forms of energy (NOT heat and light).
Various answers
Name the energy conversion:
Plugging in a toaster to making toast.
Electrical to Heat.
What type of energy are fossil fuels?
(Renewable or Nonrenewable)
Nonrenewable
Fill in the blank: the ______ an object moves the more energy it possesses.
Faster
Finish the sentence: Energy can _____ be __________ or destroyed.
created
What form of energy is found in batteries?
Chemical energy
Name the energy conversion:
Rubber band catapult to launching a ping pong ball.
Elastic to Mechanical.
Name two types of renewable energy.
Possible answers: Wind, Water, Solar, Geothermal, Biomass
Give an example of energy transfer.
Answers vary.
(Ex: Energy from person transferred to kickball and the kickball goes flying.)
What is nonrenewable energy?
Energy from finite sources that will eventually run out.
What form of energy is motion energy?
Mechanical energy.
Name the energy conversion:
Eating a hamburger to running a race.
Chemical to mechanical.
Name three types of nonrenewable energy.
Possible answers: Oil, Coal, Natural Gas, Nuclear
What child has more energy? Why?
The girl because she is higher up. (She has more gravitational energy.)
What is renewable energy?
Energy that comes from natural resources and can be replenished over time.
Name the form of energy that is based on height and weight.
Gravitational energy.
Give me an example of light energy converting to chemical energy.
Sun to a plant.
What are fossil fuels?
Nonrenewable energy - example: coal, oil, natural gas...came from fossils, came from underground
Sometimes in a collision some energy is transferred into...
Heat and sound.