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

In the systems that we built where did the fan get its energy from? 

Battery

Hand crank

100

What is a proposal to answer a question about the natural world?

claim

100

What's the study of rocks (and the Earth in general) called? 

geology

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

200

A really common type of fine-grained, black volcanic rock (example: the Hawaiian volcanoes)

basalt

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

How does a generator work?

kinetic energy--> electrical

300

What  is a claim supported by evidence?

scientific argument

300

Oh, you like minerals? Really? Name 3 minerals. 

[various]

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

When we plug our phone into a battery pack why will our phone turn back on.

The battery has stored potential energy that it transfers to the phone.

400

What is information about the world that is used to go against or support a claim?

evidence

400

A geologic setting where dense oceanic plate gets shoved beneath thick continental plate - produces volcanoes, earthquakes, etc (example: our Cascades!). 

subduction zone

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

When you plug your phone into a battery pack, does the energy in the battery pack increase, decrease, or stay the same?

The energy of the battery pack will decrease because the energy is transferring to the phone.

500

Provide evidence to support the claim:

Solar energy is the best source of energy for the rescue team.

Agree: Solar cells provide energy that can be stored and then transferred.

Disagree: Solar cells only transfer energy when the sun is shining.

500

Which of our Cascade volcanoes erupted the most recently? Bonus points for the year it last erupted. 

Mt. St. Helens (2004-2008)