Energy

Question 1

stored energy

Answer 1

potential energy

Question 2

the capacity to do work

Answer 2

energy

Question 3

energy possessed by a system by virtue of its motion

Answer 3

kinetic energy

Question 4

commonly used form of energy in human systems

Answer 4

electricity

Question 5

discovered static electricity in 500BC

Answer 5

thales of miletus

Question 6

flow of electrons

Answer 6

electric current

Question 7

sources that are exhaustible within human lifespan

Answer 7

non-renewable energy sources

Question 8

sources able to be replenished within the time frame of human use

Answer 8

renewable energy sources

Question 9

most abundant fossil fuel from layers of sediments of dead plants that weren’t completely decomposed

Answer 9

coal

Question 10

non-renewable energy source from dead microscopic aquatic organisms

Answer 10

petroleum

Question 11

non-renewable energy source formed during complex natural formation of soil

Answer 11

natural gas

Question 12

injection of a fluid at high pressure into an underground rock formation to open fissures and allow trapped gas/crude oil to flow through a pipe to a wellhead at the surface

Answer 12

fracking

Question 13

collection of emitted energy during nuclear fusion/fission

Answer 13

nuclear energy

Question 14

where photovoltaic cells capture solar energy and converts it to electric current

Answer 14

solar energy

Question 15

heat from burning organic materials are used to turn turbines that generate electricity

Answer 15

biomass

Question 16

energy produced from flowing water

Answer 16

hydropower

Question 17

movement of ocean waves created by tides and winds to generate electricity

Answer 17

tidal energy

Question 18

generate electricity from surface air currents caused by the warming of air due to solar radiation

Answer 18

wind energy

Question 19

generate electricity from using steam that is formed as a consequence of heated waters underneath the surface of the earth

Answer 19

geothermal