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Forms of Energy
Sound Energy
Wind and Water Energy
Kinetic and Potential Energy
100
Energy due to randomly moving particles that make up matter. People use this energy when cooking food.
What is thermal energy?
100
The energy of vibrations carried by air, water, or other matter.
What is sound?
100
Electricity produce by flowing water.
What is hydroelectric power?
100
Energy that is stored in an object.
What is potential energy?
200
Energy caused by the movement of electrically charged particles. You use this energy when you watch TV.
What is electrical energy?
200
Sound cannot travel through this because there is no matter.
What is empty space?
200
A machine with spinning blades used to make power.
What is a turbine?
200
The energy of motion.
What is kinetic energy?
300
Energy that travels through waves and can move through empty space. The sun is an example of this energy.
What is light energy?
300
The distance between a point on one wave and a similar point on the next.
What is wavelength?
300
A machine that makes electricity.
What is a generator?
300
A slinky moving down a set of stairs.
What is an example of kinetic energy?
400
The ability to cause motion or create change.
What is energy?
400
The number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time.
What is frequency?
400
The main use for wind and water energy today is to make this.
What is electricity?
400
A car parked in a garage.
What is an example of potential energy?