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Energy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In what position does a rider on a bike have the LEAST amount of kinetic energy? | The top of a hill |
| To shoot a rubber band you use what type of energy? | Elastic potential energy |
| Where does a roller coaster have the most potential energy? | The top of the hill |
| What is energy? | The ability to do work |
| Stored energy is known as | Potential energy |
| Energy of motion is known as | Kinetic energy |
| A plant converts the suns radiant energy into... | Chemical energy |
| Earth's main energy source comes from | The sun |
| The law of conservation of energy states that energy can not be created nor... | Destroyed |
| What type of energy transformation happens when the spinning turbine inside a nuclear power plant creates electricity? | Nuclear to kinetic to electrical |
| A spinning turbine at an electrical plant produces energy that flows through wires into your house. That energy is used to turn the lights on in your kitchen. What type of energy transfer has occurred? | Kinetic to electrical to radiant |
| List three forms of energy | Radiant, nuclear, kinetic |
| Which of the following best describes the type of energy being produced when atoms are split in a power plant to make energy? | Nuclear |
| Energy stored in chemical bonds is... | Chemical energy |
| Energy that powers the sun is... | Nuclear energy |
| Moving energy is... | Kinetic energy |
| Charged particles that travel in transverse waves. Includes light and radio waves | Electromagnetic energy |
| What two forms of energy are being shown in a burning candle? | Thermal and radiant energy |
| What device converts electrical energy into kinetic and thermal energy? | Toaster |
| Give an example of conduction | The handle of a pot heating up |
| Give an example of convection | Water boiling in a pot |
| Give an example of radiation | A pot over a flame |
| What heat transfer method occurs when the heat from the sun travels through space to the Earth? | Radiation |
| Which type of nuclear reactions involves a single nucleus splitting into two smaller nuclei? | Fission |
| Nuclear energy is an example of... | Potential energy |
| What is the energy transformation that takes place in a nuclear power plant? | Nuclear energy -> Kinetic energy -> Electrical energy |
| Which type of nuclear reaction involves the combining of two nuclei into one larger nucleus? | Fusion |
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