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Vocabulary
Potential vs. Kinetic Energy
Sources of energy
Forms of Energy
Critical Thinking
100
A resource that can be replaced
What is renewable resource?
100
The energy of motion
What is kinetic energy?
100
People get energy from this.
What is food?
100
You use a thermometer to measure this form of energy.
What is heat energy?
100
Aaron and his brother went to the beach. Aaron sat in the sun and his brother sat in the shade. This is what happened to each person's skin.
What is Aaron's skin temperature increased, but his brother's did not. Aaron received more heat energy from the sunlight.
200
The ability to make something move or change (do work)
What is energy?
200
The energy of position
What is potential energy
200
The energy a plant needs to grow comes from this
What is the sun?
200
This form of energy causes your hair to stick up when it rubs together with another object because the electrons (tiny particles) jump from the object to your hair. Your hair tries to get away from each other.This energy is also an example of kinetic energy.
What is static electricity?
200
In Ally’s town everyone drives a car to go anywhere. People leave their appliances on all the time, use their heaters or air conditioners every day, and do not recycle materials. This is what may happen.
What is using so much energy will cause the world to run out of fossil fuels, which are not renewable.
300
Something in nature that people use
What is resource?
300
A book sitting on a shelf has this type of energy.
What is potential energy?
300
Most of earth's energy comes from this.
What is the sun?
300
This form of energy is when atoms vibrate and move fast such as after hot chocolate is heated up the atoms move faster and bump into each other.
What is thermal energy?
300
These are five ways you can conserve energy at home or at school.
What is turn off the lights when you leave the room, turn off the water while you brush your teeth, recycle paper at home and at school, use a blanket instead of turning on the heater, open the blinds and curtains during the day instead of turning on the lights.
400
Another word for burning
What is combustion?
400
Allison wanted to listen to a new CD she just got for her birthday. As she goes to grab it off the shelf, it falls. This is an example of ______ energy.
What is kinetic energy?
400
People use this type of energy when they heat up, warm up, or turn on something.
What is electricity (electrical energy)?
400
You use an anemometer to measure this form of energy.
What is wind energy?
400
These are ways you use energy in your home.
What is heating up food, cooking on a stove, turning on the lights?
500
People drive cars and heat their home using these type of resources. They come from the remains of long-ago plans and animals. If we don't conserve them, they will run out because they are nonrenewable resources.
What are fossil fuels? (coal, oil, gas)
500
Angela is sitting on the top of the slide. She can change the type of energy by falling down the slide. This is an example of ________ energy to _______ energy.
What is potential to kinetic energy?
500
Machines get energy from this. They burn fuels which gives off heat and makes the machine, like a car, move.
What is combustion?
500
We can convert or change this form of energy to thermal (heat) energy by burning wood in a fireplace or burning gasoline in a car's engine.
What is chemical energy?
500
Jordan is sitting at the top of the slide, which is potential energy. This is how he can change it into kinetic energy.
What is slide down the slide so he is moving?