Energy Vocab
The change of energy from one form to another
Energy Transformation
Energy Resources that cannot be replenished (made again) in a short period of time.
Nonrenewable
Energy from the sun
Solar Energy
Form of energy that exhibits wave like behavior as it travels through space
Light/Radient Energy
Energy of Motion
Kinetic
A material that does conduct heat or electrical current.
The potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
Nuclear Energy
Energy resources that can be replenished (made again) in a naturally short period of time.
Renewable Energy
Energy that is made by vibrations
Sound Energy
Energy that is stored
Potnetial
The presence of harmful or unwanted levels of material in the enviroment.
Pollution
What is a disadvantage of using nuclear power?
It produces toxic or radioactive waste.
Electricity produced by the kinetic energy of water moving over a waterfall or dam.
Hydoelectric Power
Energy stored in chemical bonds and released through a chemical reations
Chemical Energy
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed; energy just changes form
Law of Conservation
A black or brownish-black sedimnetary rock within the earth that is used as fuel.
Coal
An advantage of using wind energy is...
It does not produce air pollution.
Form of energy made availible by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
Electrical Energy
Group of intercating or interdependent elements forming a complex whole
What is an example of a fossil fuel?
Coal, Natural Gas or Petrolleum
Energy that comes from the core of the earth.
Geothermal
Sum of the Potential and Kinetic Energy of an object
Mechanical Energy