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Introduction to Energy
Temperature
Thermal Energy & Heat
Conduction, Convection, & Radiation
Effects of Energy Transfer
100
What is the energy of an object that is due to motion?
Kinetic energy
100
What is an instrument that measures and indicates temperature?
Thermometer
100
What is the total kinetic energy of all particles in a substance?
Thermal energy
100
What is the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves?
Radiation
100
What is an energy source that can be easily reproduced or replaced by nature called?
A renewable resource
200
What is the energy that an object has due to its position, condition, or chemical composition?
Potential energy
200
What is the measure of the average kinetic energy of all the particles in an object?
Temperature
200
What is the energy transferred from an object at a higher temperature to an object at a lower temperature?
Heat
200
What is the transfer of energy as heat by the movement of a liquid or gas?
Convection
200
What are energy sources made from carbon-rich plant and animal remains called?
Fossil fuels
300
What is the sum of an object's kinetic energy and potential energy?
Mechanical energy
300
What are equally spaced units between two points?
Degrees
300
What is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1g of water by 1 degree Celsius?
A calorie
300
What is the transfer of energy as heat from one substance to another through direct contact?
Conduction
300
What form of energy is obtained by splitting the nuclei of a kilogram of uranium atoms?
Nuclear energy
400
What type of energy results from the position or motion of charged particles?
Electrical energy
400
What is the temperature at which the motion of all particles stops? (Specific name)
Absolute zero
400
When will energy as heat stop being transferred between two objects?
When they reach the same temperature
400
What is a material that transfers heat very well called?
A conductor
400
What form of energy is extracted from heat stored within Earth?
Geothermal energy
500
What law states that energy can not be created or destroyed (it can only change forms)?
The law of conservation of energy
500
What theory that states that all of the particles that make up matter are constantly in motion?
The kinetic theory of matter
500
Heat can also be measured in ________ because heat is a form of energy.
Joules
500
What is a material that is a poor conductor of heat called?
An insulator
500
What form of energy come from burning living or recently dead organic material that can be used as fuel?
Biomass