Vocabulary
Key Concepts
What is Energy?
The Rescue Team's Energy Needs
Designing an Energy Solution
100

The energy an object has because it is moving.

Kinetic Energy

100

When something is moving, it has _____________.

Kinetic Energy

100

Which object has KINETIC ENERGY?

Fan Not Spinning, Fan Spinning, Soccer Ball Not Moving, or Food?

Fan Spinning

100

Where in this system in the BATTERY getting it's energy from?

The Solar Panel

100

Which body movement does the Energy Rocking Chair use to create energy?

Rocking

200

a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

system

200

Whenever something moves or changes, it is because of ___________________.

Energy

200

Which object has POTENTIAL ENERGY?

Fan Not Spinning, Fan Spinning, Soccer Ball Not Moving, or Food

Food

200
How do objects get their energy?

The energy is transferred from somewhere else.

200

Which body movement does the Energy Backpack use to generate energy?

Bouncing/shaking

300

a machine that can convert kinetic energy into electrical energy

a generator
300

When something has the ability to make things move or change in the future, it has _________________, even if it is not moving or changing now.

Potential Energy

300

Which of the following objects can you SEE evidence of energy:

Fan Not Spinning, Fan Spinning, Soccer Ball Not Moving, or Food?

Fan Spinning

300

What is the ENERGY SOURCE in this system?

The person turning the hand crank

300

Which body movement does the Energy Bike use to generate energy?

Spinning/turning

400

To change from one type to another

convert

400

TRUE OR FALSE

Nothing creates energy. If something has energy, the energy must have been transferred from something else.

TRUE

400

What type of energy does a wind-up toy that is wound up but not moving have?

Potential Energy

400

Which object/s in this system is an example of KINETIC Energy?

The Engine and The Generator

400

Which body movement does the Energy Knee Brace use to generate energy?

Bending and Stretching

500

to move from one object/place to another

transfer

500

Energy can be ___________ from one object to another, and energy can be ______________ from one type to another.

Transferred and Converted

500

A wind-up toy that is wound up and moving has...

Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy

500

Which object in this system has POTENTIAL Energy?

The Battery

500

Which body movement does the Energy Harvesting Floor tiles use to generate energy?

Squeezing and Compressing