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Type of Energy
Temperature
Thermal Energy
Heat
Wild Card
100
Radiant Energy
What is energy obtained from the sun?
100
An instrument used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
The sum of the kinetic and potential energy of all the molecules in the object.
What is thermal energy?
100
Conductors
What is a material that transfers heat readily?
100
An organism that makes its own food.
What is a producer?
200
Energy of Motion
What is kinetic energy?
200
The measure of the kinetic energy of molecules in a substance.
What is temperature?
200
Potential energy can be _______ into kinetic energy.
What is converted?
200
Thermal energy that is transferred from one object to another when the objects are at different temperatures.
What is heat?
200
Resources that can be replenished in 100 years or less are called.
What are renewable resources?
300
Potential energy
What is stored energy?
300
The freezing temperature on this scale is 32*.
What is the Fahrenheit scale?
300
Thermal energy increases when the number of ______ increases.
What is molecules?
300
Transfer of heat by direct contact between two objects.
What is conduction?
300
Solar power is an example of a _________ resource.
What is renewable?
400
Energy that involves the movement of electrons.
What is electrical energy?
400
Celsius Scale
What is the scale with a freezing point of 0*?
400
Which will have a greater thermal energy, a tub of water or a glass of water?
What is a tub of water?
400
Radiation
What is electromagnetic waves carrying energy through space or matter?
400
Nonrenewable resources
What are resources that cannot be replaced by natural processes within 100 years?
500
Energy formed when neutrons are split.
What is nuclear energy?
500
When objects are exposed to increased temperature the molecules tend to speed up causing the object to ________.
What is expand?
500
The quantity of molecules affect _______.
What is thermal energy?
500
The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of molecules from a warmer part to a cooler part.
What is convection?
500
Coal, natural gas, and petroleum (gasoline) are all examples of ______ resource.
What is a nonrenewable?