Energy Flashcards
What are some non-renewable sources of energy?
Gas, Coal, oil and nuclear
What are some renewable sources of energy?
Wind, moving water, geothermal and sunlight
What is released when fossil fuels are burnt?
Carbon Dioxide CO2
What is combustion?
The reaction between a substance and oxygen which transfers energy to the surroundings as heat and light. A scientific name for burning.
Oxides are the product of which reaction?
Combustion
8 types of energy stores
- Magnetic
- kinetic
- thermal
- chemical
- elastic potential
- gravitational potential
- electric
- nuclear
What energy is stored in stretched or squashed materials?
Elastic potential energy
Energy caused by the movement of particles in an object is?
Thermal energy
All moving things have?
Kinetic energy
The amount of gravitational potential energy depends on?
The mass of the object and the height it is above the ground.
Energy stored in the bonds of chemical compounds is?
Chemical energy
How is energy transferred?
- By heating
- Mechanically
- Electrically
- By radiation
The law of Conservation of energy states that…
Energy cannot be created or destroyed - it can only be transferred from one type to another.
The total energy has the same value before and after a change.
