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Elem Chem/phy 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Kinetic Energy | Energy in M0tion |
| Potential Power | Energy that is stored up, just waiting to be used. |
| Gravitational Energy | Potential energy dependent on gravity. |
| The law of conservation of energy | Energy is protected and preserved. |
| Name different forms of energy | Chemical, nuclear, sound, light, heat, electrical and mechanical. |
| Fossil fuels | Fossilized forms of energy that are a great source of fuel. |
| Oil Reservoirs | Some of the fossils produce a huge lake of oil deep in the earth are called this. |
| Coal | Made up of dead plants that turned into carbon. |
| Natural Gas | Fossils that make a gas called methane. |
| Fossils can make these three forms | Solid (coal), liquid (oil)and gas (methane) |
| Nuclear energy | The most plentiful source of energy - the atom. Atomic energy or more accurately called, nuclear energy. |
| Nuclear fission | Splitting of an atom to release energy. |
| Renewable Energy | Energy made from sources that don't run out. It renews itself over and over again. |
| Hydropower | "Hydro" means water. So hydro power means power of water. |
| Hydroelectricity | Electricity from water. |
| Solar energy | Energy from the sun. |
| Solar thermal collectors | Designed to collect the sun's heat, piping it into homes and buildings. |
| Solar Cells | This plates that turn solar energy directly into electricity. |
| Biofules | Energy that comes from living things. "bio" means life. |
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