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Energy 077
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the two forms of energy? | kinetic, potential |
| What is the International System of Unit of measurement for energy? | joule |
| Energy can also be expressed in other units such as | calories, kilowatt-hours, kilocalories |
| What does the law of conservation of energy says? | energy can neither be created nor destroyed by itself |
| What is kinetic energy? | work needed to accelerate a body |
| What is potential energy? | energy of an object due to the position of the body. |
| What law states that energy is always conserved? | first law of thermodynamics |
| What is renewable energy? | energy that comes from resources that are continually replenished. |
| Where does the energy (electricity) that we use daily come from? | fossil fuel |
| What percentage of the electricity our society uses comes from renewable resources? | less than 10% |