In an electric kettle, what type of energy is transferred from the heating element to the cold water?
Thermal energy (heat)
What type of energy stored in materials that have been bent or stretched?
Potential energy (mechanical)
What is energy transformation?
When energy changes from one from into another form.
Energy resources made from carbon-rich plant and animal remains.
Fossil Fuels
A resource that can be replaced in our lifetime by natural processes is . . .
Renewable
A resource that exists on earth as a limited supply in which natural processes cannot replace is called . . .
Nonrenewable
Energy created by splitting uranium is called . . .
Nuclear
Energy you can see that travels in waves is called . . .
Light Energy
What is this?
Hydropower plant
What is "ENERGY"?
The simplest definition of energy is "the ability to do work".
How long does it take for nonrenewable resources to form?
Over thousands or millions of years
What mineral can be used as a source of energy?
Uranium
Oil and natural gas are ______ from the ground.
drilled
Which of these is NOT currently a source of energy? A. the sun B. the moon C. running water?
B. the moon
What type of energy is this statement describing? Water is released from a reservoir behind a dam. It spins a turbine in a generator.
Hydroelectric energy
Solar energy gets its power from the ________.
sun
