Motion
A change in position over time
What is motion?
The ability to do work
What is energy?
Generating of a current in a wire by a changing magnetic field
What is electromagnetic induction?
A fossil Fuel composed mostly of methane gas
What is natural gas?
This can be used to make vasoline, cell phones, plastic tubs and medicine
What is petroleum?
A change in speed or direction
What is acceleration?
Cannot be created or destroyed
What is energy?
This transforms mechanical energy into electrical energy
What is a generator?
Any fuel formed by the decay of ancient plants or animals
What is fossils fuels
These resources are nonrenewable
What are fossil fuels?
Mass and velocity affect this
What is momentum?
Energy in motion
What is kinetic energy?
A device that will either increase or decrease the voltage of an alternating current.
What is a transformer?
A resource that cannot be replaced by natural processes as quickly as it is used
What is nonrenewable resources
plastic, medicines, and Vasoline are some examples
What are items made from Petroleum based materials?
This gives a graphic visual of how far something moves over time
What is a distance time graph
A pot of boiling water is this type of energy
This rotates when pushed by wind, steam, or water to generate electricity
What is a generator?
A solid fossil fuel found underground by mining
What is coal
These cannot be replaced as fast as they are being used
What are nonrenewable resource
This type of graph gives a good visual of information that shows parts to a whole (percent)
What is a pie graph?
This transfers from warmer objects to cooler objects
How does thermal energy transfer?
This type of energy is used by solar panels to transform the energy into electrical energy
What is radiation?
A liquid fossil fuel that is a mixture of hydrocarbons
What is Petroleum
Water, wind, geothermal, solar, and biodiesel are all examples of this type of fuel
What are renewable?