Vocabulary
Types of Energy
Energy Transformations
Mr Shearman's Specials
Fair Testing
100

The ability to do work

Energy

100

A thermometer measures this type of energy.

Heat/Thermal

100

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only ____________ from one form to another.

Transformed/Changed/Converted

100

David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and _____?

David

100

The variable that is purposely being changed  

Independent variable

200

Unit that energy is measured in

Joule

200

_______ energy is the only type of energy we can see.

Light

200

What is the energy transformation for riding a bike? 

Chemical potential --> Kinetic

200

What can run, but never walks; has a mouth, but never talks; has a head, but never weeps; has a bed, but never sleeps? 

A river 

200

Jasmine is doing an experiment to find out if plants grow better with rock music, country music or pop music. What is the independent variable in the experiment?

The type of music

300

Energy that is waiting to be used 

Potential/Stored energy

300

Which energy is given off when a cell phone rings? 

sound

300

If you imagine a drop of water at the top of a waterfall about to fall down. What type of energy does the drop of water have? 

Gravitational potential

300

What day would yesterday be if Thursday was four days before the day after tomorrow?

Friday

300

Explain what a controlled variable is

All of the things that you keep the same in the experiment, so you can see the impact of the independent variable

400

Energy derived from the movement of water

Hydroelectric energy

400

What are the two main categories of energy?

Kinetic (Active) and Potential (Stored)

400

How can a roller coaster gain potential energy? 

Go higher

400

What month of the year has 28 days?

All of them

400

How do you take an average (mean) of your data

Add up all the trials for one of your independent values and then divide by the number of trials

500

Energy from burning wood, alcohol and garbage

Biomass energy

500

Name 3 types of potential energy.

Chemical potential, gravitational potential, elastic potential

500

A hair dryer transforms ________ energy to _________ and _________. 

Electrical, Heat, Sound

500

What comes down but never goes up?

Rain

500

When you repeat a measurement three times to improve accuracy, you are improving the ______ of your data.

Reliability