Energy Resources
resources that can regenerate or be replenished
What is renewable?
energy carried by electromagnetic radiation
What is radiant/light energy?
energy stored in an object due to its position, or height
What is gravitational potential energy?
the energy of motion.
The energy transformation of rubbing your hands together on a cold winter day.
What is kinetic to thermal energy?
resources that cannot be regenerated or replenished by natural processes
What is nonrenewable?
The total kinetic energy that PARTICLES in a substance have due to the sum of their motion.
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What is thermal energy?
energy stored in the bonds between atoms of matter; release when bonds are broken
What is chemical potential energy?
List the two factors that affect how much kinetic energy an object has.
What is mass and speed?
The energy transformation of a battery-operated alarm clock waking you up in the morning.
What is chemical to sound energy?
List the three fossil fuels.
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What are coal, oil and natural gas?
energy carried by waves moving through matter; created when an object vibrates
What is sound energy?
energy stored in elastic materials that are compressed or stretched
What is elastic potential energy?
objects can lose energy over time due to this force.
What is friction?
The transformation of energy by photosynthesis in a plant.
What is radiant to chemical energy?
a natural substance capable of sustaining fission; ex: uranium
What is fissile material?
energy stored within the nucleus of an atom; released during nuclear fission or fusion
What is nuclear energy?
A truck and a dog are next to each other at the top of a hill. The ________ has more potential energy.
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What is truck?
A bike speeding down a hill is gaining/losing kinetic energy.
What is gaining?
The transformation of mowing your grass with a gas-powered lawn mower.
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What is chemical to mechanical and sound?
List the five types of renewable, alternative energy sources.
What is geothermal, hydroelectric, wind, solar, and biomass?
the unit of measurement for energy and work
What is a Joule?
List the two factors that affect the amount of potential energy an object has.
What is mass and height?
List the four types/forms of kinetic energy.
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What are radiant, thermal, electrical and sound energy?
The transformation of a toaster oven cooking a bagel.
What is electrical to thermal?