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How energy travels through the ecosystem

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What is energy?   The capacity to do work OR transfer heat  
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What are the two major types of energy?   Kinetic and potential  
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Moving matter has kinetic energy because...   It has mass and velocity  
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Wind, flowing water, and electricity are examples of which type of energy?   Kinetic  
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Heat is...   The total kinetic energy of all moving atoms, ions, or molecules in a given substance  
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Heat flows from warm to...   Cool  
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What are the three methods that heat can be transferred?   Radiation, conduction, and convection  
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Electromagnetic radiation occurs when...   There are changes in electric and magnetic fields  
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Different forms of electromagnetic radiation have different   Wavelengths and energy content  
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Gamma rays, x-rays, and UV radiation have   Short wavelengths and high energy content  
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Visible light and infrared have   Long wavelengths and low energy content  
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Which type of electromagnetic radiation makes up most of the spectrum emitted by the sun?   Visible light  
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An unlit match, rock held in your hand, chemical energy stored in gasoline molecules, and nuclear energy in the nuclei of atoms are examples of...   Potential energy  
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What is an example of potential energy changing to kinetic energy?   Ex: potential energy in molecules of carbohydrates you eat change to kinetic when your body uses it to move  
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High temperature heat, nuclear fission, concentrated sunlight, high-velocity wind, and energy released from burning natural gas, gasoline, or coal, are examples of high quality or low quality energy?   High quality  
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Heat dispersed in the atmosphere or ocean is an example of high quality or low quality energy?   Low quality  
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Thermodynamics is the study of...   Energy transformations  
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The first law of thermodynamics tells us that   Energy cannot be created or destroyed; energy input=output  
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Energy consumption means   Converting energy from one form to another  
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If you fill a car’s tank with gasoline and drive around or use a flash- light battery until it is dead, you lose   Energy quality  
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The second law of thermodynamics tells us that   When energy changes from one form to another, we always end up with lower-quality or less usable energy than we started with  
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As a result of energy losing quality as it is converted...   We can never recycle or reuse high-quality energy to perform useful work  
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Energy efficiency is   a measure of how much useful work is accomplished by a particular input of energy into a system  
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