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1
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What is a PERSON’S ENERGY SOURCE?

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Food

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2
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What kind of energy store is food?

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Chemical energy store

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What are the 5 ENERGY TRANSFERS?

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  • Heating
  • Light
  • Sound
  • Electricity
  • Forces
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What is the unit for measuring energy?

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Joules (J)

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5
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What is the usual way to measure the energy in food?

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Kilojoules (kJ)

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Define CHEMICAL ENERGY STORES

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Chemical energy stores - food, fuels and batteries

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Define KINETIC ENERGY STORES

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Kinetic energy - moving objects

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Define THERMAL ENERGY STORES

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Thermal energy - hot objects

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Define STRAIN ENERGY STORES

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Strain energy / Elastic potential energy - objects that are stretched, squashed or twisted

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Define GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY STORES

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Gravitational potential energy - objects moved to higher places

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Define NUCLEAR ENERGY STORES

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Nuclear energy / Atomic energy - inside the every single particle

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What are the 6 stores of energy called?

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  • Chemical energy
  • Kinetic energy
  • Thermal energy
  • Strain energy / Elastic potential energy
  • Gravitational potential energy
  • Nuclear energy / Atomic energy
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What does the LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY state?

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Energy can neither be created or destroyed

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What do FUELS STORE

A

Energy

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How is the ENERGY TRANSFERRED FROM FUELS?

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Burning them

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What are fuels used for?

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Heating things

17
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What are FUELS USED for?

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Heating things

18
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How were FOSSIL FUELS FORMED?

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From dead organisms which had been trapped underground for hundreds of millions of years

19
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What are the 3 most common types of fossil fuels?

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  • Coal
  • Oil
  • Natural gas
20
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What are the 3 MOST COMMON types of FOSSIL FUELS?

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  • Coal
  • Oil
  • Natural gas
21
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Define NON-RENEWABLE

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Non-renewable - something that cannot be replaced as fast as it’s being used up: something that will eventually run out

22
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Where did FOSSIL FUELS originally OBTAIN their ENERGY from?

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The Sun

23
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Name 2 NON-RENEWABLES

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  • Fossil fuels

- Nuclear fuel

24
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What is NOT a FUEL?

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Electricity

25
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Name 7 RENEWABLES

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  • Solar
  • Wind
  • Tidal
  • Wave
  • Biofuels
  • Geothermal
  • Hydroelectric
26
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What ENERGY RESOURCES do NOT RELY on the SUN

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  • Geothermal
  • Nuclear
  • Tidal

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