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Vocabulary
Forms of energy
Energy Transformations
Human Impact
Renewable or Non renewable
100
Form of energy due to its motion
What is kinetic
100
If a 6th grade student eats a pancake for breakfast and then walks to school. What form of energy was the pancake?
What is chemical
100
What type of energy transformation occurs in the following scenario: turning on a flashlight
What is chemical to radiant/thermal
100

Planting a tree is an example of a _______ impact

positive 

100

Wind

Renewable

200
Form of energy due to its position and shape
What is potential energy
200
If you are riding a roller coaster what form of energy increases as you go up the roller coaster?
What is potential/gravitational potential energy
200
What type of energy transformation occurs in the following scenario: A windmill spinning
What is mechanical to electrical
200

Burning fossil fuels is an example of _______ impact

negative 

200

Nuclear

non renewable

300

Energy cannot be created or destroyed is the law of _____________ of energy.

 conservation

300
A student is cold while she waits outside for the bus so she decides to rub her hands together. What form of energy is her mechanical energy being converted into?
What is heat/thermal energy
300
What type of energy transformation occurs in the following scenario: eating an apple and then going to the gym to work out
What is chemical to mechanical and thermal
300
If air quality is unhealthy it can cause breathing or ___________ issues. 

respiratory 

300

We use more coal than the other fossil fuels. 

False. We use more natural gas and petroleum than coal. 

400
when one form of energy converts into another form
What is energy transformation
400

All forms of energy start with this... 

the sun

400

A light bulb produces what types of energy

radiant

thermal 

400

Using pesticides does not impact the environment

False

400

1 advantage of nuclear

1 disadvantage of nuclear

advantage: clean energy and efficient

disadvantage: creates radio active waste 

500

You run an experiment to see if the number of paper clips added to a helicopter will affect it's speed/rotation. What is the independent variable in this scenario?

number of paperclips 

500
If you and a friend are going down two different slides, but the slide your friend is on is 100 ft in the air and the one you are on is 50 feet, which one of you would have more potential energy?
What is your friend
500

Form of energy that is from moving charged particles to complete a circuit.

Electrical Energy

500

Why do we have local, state, and federal programs and initiatives related to energy use? 

To conserve and protect our resources.

500

It takes millions of years for these to form

fossil fuels