Energy vocabulary
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| What is energy | The ability to do work
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| All energy can be broken into 2 types of energy : | Potential & Kinetic
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| What is stored energy called | Potential energy
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| What is energy in motion called | Kinetic energy
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| What do you call the fuels formed millions of years ago | Fossil fuels
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| Name the 3 fuels formed millions of years ago | Coal, oil, natural gas
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| There are 3 levels to the energy pyramid. What are the levels from bottom(greatest), middle, top (least) | Consevation, efficiency, renewable
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| What does energy conservation mean? | It is a change in a person's habits. It does not cost you money
But it does make you change your lifestyle. Turning off lights.
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| What does energy efficiency mean? | Using technology that requires less energy. You must change
something. It may cost you upfront but will save you money in
the long run. It also uses less energy. Using an LED or CFL light.
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| Define what renewable energy is | made from resources that nature can replace. It is clean energy but can not be stored.
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| Define what nonrenewable energy is | come from sources that can run out or will not be replenished in our lifetime. (fossil fuels)
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| What is a Vampire Devices ? | Electronics that use electricity even though the power switch is off. Examples: computers, phone chargers, DVD player, printers, game consoles, night lights, VCR,
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| The greatest engineering achievement in the 20th century is | Power Grid
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| About what percent of electricity comes from fossil fuels | 86%
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| What renewable energy comes from heat underground? | geothermal
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| About how many years ago were fossil fuels formed? | 350 million years ago
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| What renewable resource comes from the sun? | solar
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| What renewable resource comes from decaying plants and animals? | biomass
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| What renewable resource comes from falling or flowing water? | hydropower or hydroelectric
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| What renewable energy comes from the turning of turbine blades? | wind turbines
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| Why are solar and wind unreliable | They depend on the weather
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| After energy is produced in a Power Plant where does it go? | Large distribution towers at a high voltage
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| Volts must be __________ when traveling long distances? | high
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| What percentage of enegy is wasted when it travels through the power grid? | 60%
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| When energy gets to substations. What does the voltage do before going into the transformers? | it goes down
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| What do the tranformers bring the volts to before entering your home | 120 volts
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