Wireless Tech
This invisible field induces an electrical current in a smartphone when placed on a charging pad.
What is the magnetic field
Sound transfers this "energy of motion" through a medium via cascading molecule collisions.
What is kinetic energy?
This molecule, known by a three-letter abbreviation, stores the chemical energy from the food you eat.
What is ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)
Thermal energy transfers outward from the Earth's core into this layer, causing rock to rise and sink.
What is the mantle?
Wireless chargers transfer energy across a small gap made entirely of this.
What is air?
Acoustic energy travels outward in a wave made of rarefaction and this "C" word.
What is compression?
This type of energy is an inevitable byproduct of your muscles contracting, which is why you sweat during a workout.
What is thermal Energy or heat?
This continuous geological cycle of hotter rock rising and cooler rock sinking is driven by heat transfer.
What is mantle convection?
Inside your phone, electrical energy is converted into this type of energy to be stored in the battery.
What is Chemical Energy?
True or False: In a sound wave, the air molecules themselves travel across the room to reach your ear.
What is False? (Only the energy travels, the molecules just bump their neighbors).
When ATP is broken down in your cells, it binds to these specific proteins, releasing a burst of chemical energy.
What are Myosin Proteins?
The core's immense heat comes from residual heat from Earth's formation and this atomic process.
What is Radioactive decay?
The electrical wall outlet provides energy to a charging pad containing a coil made of this highly conductive metal.
What is Copper?
This intense acoustic event transfers energy so rapidly that its pressure wave can convert sound into destructive mechanical work, like shattering glass.
What is a sonic boom or explosion?
Energized myosin proteins change shape and pull on these neighboring structures to physically contract a muscle.
What are actin filaments?
The mechanical force from the Earth's outward thermal energy shifts these massive structures, causing continental drift.
What are Tectonic plates?