Grade 5: Energy Forms
Energy that is in motion
What is kinetic energy?
Energy that is formed from moving air
What is wind energy?
The most common greenhouse gas.
What is carbon dioxide?
The fourth planet from the sun
What is Mars?
The time is takes for the Earth to make one full turn on its axis
What is 24 hours?
If a skateboarder was at the top of a ramp, it would have this of energy
What is potential energy?
What is solar energy?
Fossil fuels, oil, coal, and natural gas are examples of this.
What is non-renewable energy?
Frozen chunks of ice and dust that orbit the sun.
What is a comet?
The time it takes for the Earth to make one full spin around the sun.
What is 365 days?
Your body turns fuel into this kind of energy when it is digested
What is chemical energy?
Energy that comes from the power of falling water
What is hydro energy?
What is renewable energy?
The area between Mars and Jupiter where rocky objects are found
What is the asteroid belt?
Occurs when the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, casting a shadow on the Earth
What is a solar eclipse?
This type of energy is created when atoms begin moving faster
What is thermal energy?
Energy that comes from burning coal, oil, or natural gas
What are fossil fuels?
An asteroid that has burned up in Earth's atmosphere.
What is a meteor?
Occurs when the Earth passes between the Sun and the moon, casting a shadow on the moon
What is a lunar eclipse?
What is electricity?
Energy that is formed from splitting apart uranium atoms
What is nuclear energy?
A huge collection of stars and their solar systems.
What is a galaxy?
The place on Earth where there an equal amount of daytime and nighttime all year round
What is the equator?