Chapter 15 Energy

Question 1

energy

Answer 1

the ability to do work

Question 2

kinetic energy

Answer 2

energy of motion

Question 3

potential energy

Answer 3

energy stored up

Question 4

gravitational potential energy

Answer 4

an objects weight & position

Question 5

elastic potential energy

Answer 5

stored up energy of objects that are stretched or compressed

Question 6

mechanical energy

Answer 6

motion & position of objects

Question 7

thermal energy

Answer 7

kinetic & potential energy of microscopic particles in an object

Question 8

chemical energy

Answer 8

potential energy stored in chemical bonds

Question 9

electrical energy

Answer 9

energy associated w electrical charges

Question 10

electromagnetic energy

Answer 10

energy that travels in waves

Question 11

nuclear energy

Answer 11

energy stored in the nucleus of an atom

Question 12

energy conservation/law of conservation

Answer 12

energy can’t be created or destroyed it can only be transformed

Question 13

energy transformation/conversion

Answer 13

occurs between different types of energy

Question 14

solar energy

Answer 14

energy from the sun

Question 15

geothermal energy

Answer 15

thermal energy beneath the earth’s surface

Question 16

nonrenewable resource

Answer 16

recourses that are limited (ex. oil, natural gas, coal, uranium)

Question 17

renewable resource

Answer 17

resources that can be replaced in a short amount of time (ex. solar, geothermal, hydroelectric)

Question 18

what’s kinetic energy’s equation

Answer 18

1/2(mass)(speed)^2

Question 19

what’s potential energy’s equation

Answer 19

(mass)(gravity sometimes?)(height)

Question 20

what’s mechanical energy’s equation

Answer 20

potential+kinetic