Basic Concpets
Define Energy
Energy is the ability to do work
A rolling soccer ball has this kind of energy
What is kinetic?
Heat moving by direct contact is called ________.
What is conduction?
Electrical energy is the movement of ______.
What are electrons?
Burning wood converts chemical energy into this
What are heat and movement?
Thermal energy is created when these move
What are particles?
A book sitting on a high shelf has this kind of energy
What is potential energy?
The name given to heat moving through air or water
What is convection?
A material that carries electricity is called a ________.
What is a conductor?
Batteries convert chemical energy into ______ energy.
What is electrical energy?
Name one thing humans need energy for.
what is heating houses or powering cars?
(other answers may be acceptable)
The type of energy shown by a moving bicycle
What is kinetic?
Heat traveling in waves is called ________
What is radiation?
Chemical Energy is this form of energy
What is Kinetic?
Cooking a marshmallow near a fire mostly uses this type of thermal energy
What is radiation?
When particles move faster an object becomes what
What is hotter?
The type of energy a ball has at the top of a hill
What is potential?
Radiant Energy travels in these
What are waves?
Nuclear energy is stored in the ______ of an atom.
What is the nucleus?
Plants use radiant energy for _________
What is photosynthesis? (to make their food)
True or False: Even cold things like snow have energy
What is true? (they have low thermal energy)
Explain the difference between kinetic and potential energy.
Kinetic energy is energy in motion and potential is stored energy
Name one visible and one invisible form of radiant energy
What are the sun and x-rays?
other answers may also be correct
This nuclear form of energy takes place in the sun
What is nuclear fusion
Explain the difference between fission and fusion.
What is the splitting of atoms (fission) and the joining of atoms (fusion)