Energy Flashcards
What type of energy involves fusing atoms?
Nuclear
What type of energy involves waves?
Radiant
What type of energy involves the movement of things?
Mechanical
Which type of energy is moving electrons?
Electrical
Stored energy is?
Potential
Energy of motion is?
Kinetic
Name something that converts chemical energy to mechanical energy.
Human, car, animals.
The law of conservation of energy states
Energy cannot be created or destroyed.
What is the source of most of the earth’s energy?
The sun.
Eating food to keep your body warm is an example of
Changing chemical energy to thermal energy
If I have equal amounts of water and ice at the same temperatures, which has more thermal energy?
Water.
Liquids have _______ shape and ________ volume.
Variable, constant.
Which state of matter has the most energy?
Gas.
Which state of matter has molecules in a fixed position, vibrating?
Solid.
Heat transfer by touching is
Conduction.
