Electricity
Sound Energy
Potential/ Kinetic
M.E.L.T.S.
Rainbow
100
Which item is an example of electrical energy? Computer, Sun, Piano, or Candle?
Computer
100
Which item has both sound energy and light energy? Fan, Guitar, flashlight, or computer?
Computer
100
Which type of energy is energy in motion? Kinetic or Potential energy?
Kinetic Energy
100
Which is an example of mechanical energy? Batteries, a cell phone, or a fan?
A Fan
100
Which type of energy uses a turbine to work? Heat energy, sound energy, wind energy, or solar energy?
Wind Energy
200
What is electricity used for?
To create power, light, heat
200
Which measures how high or low a sound is? Pitch or volume?
Pitch
200
When someone is sleeping, which type of energy is that an example of? Potential or Kinetic?
Potential
200
Name one source of thermal energy (heat).
Oven, microwave, fireplace, candle burning, wood burning, etc.
200
Which type of energy moves through wires? Sound energy, electrical energy, potential energy, or light energy?
Electrical energy
300
Give an example of something that has both electrical energy and sound energy.
Computer, speakers, ipod, electric guitar, etc.
300
Which measures how loud or soft a sound is? Pitch or volume?
Volume
300
When someone stretches a rubber band, and then flings it into the air, what happens? Kinetic energy becomes potential, or potential energy becomes kinetic?
Potential energy becomes kinetic energy
300
How do plants use light energy?
They use the energy from the sun to make food
300
Which type of energy does a pack of batteries have? Potential or Kinetic energy?
Potential Energy
400
What type of electricity can be used to pick up objects? Static or current electricity?
Static electricity
400
Which has both sound energy and heat energy? Piano, Microwave, ipod, or Fireplace?
Microwave
400
Which is NOT an example of kinetic energy? Kicking a ball, swimming in a pool, skier waiting at the top of a hill, or a bowling ball rolling down the lane?
Skier waiting at the top of a hill
400
Which has both electrical energy and heat energy? TV, Refrigerator, Toaster, or Fan?
Toaster
400
Name two types of energy being used by a lamp.
Electrical energy and light energy
500
When you turn on an oven, which types of energy are being used?
Electricity and Heat energy
500
How can you describe sound energy?
Sound travels through the air as waves, it is created by vibrations
500
Which has both potential and kinetic energy? A can of gasoline or a roller coaster?
Roller Coaster
500
What types of energy does a T.V. have?
Electricity, Sound, and Light energy
500
Which is an example of mechanical energy? A bowling ball hitting the pins or a bow and arrow being pulled back?
Bowling ball hitting the pins because the moving ball causes the pins to fall down