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A 3rd grade class sets up two plates in the sun. A piece of cloth was set on each plate. What tool should the students use to tell which cloth absorbs the MOST heat and what form of energy are the students exploring?
Thermometer, Thermal Energy
A student rubs his hands back and forth. What forms of energy is he exploring?
Mechanical and Thermal
Heat from a hair dryer is an everyday example of what form of energy?
Thermal
Playing a guitar is an example of what type of energy?
Sound
A fan is on and moving air. What form of energy is being explored?
Mechanical
What kind of energy gets stored inside a parked car on a sunny day?
Thermal
We can hear a musical instrument because it produces what kind of energy?
Sound
We can see the Moon because what form of energy travels from the Moon to Earth?
Light Energy
When a student lifts an object from the floor, the student is demonstrating -
Mechanical energy
What are 3 examples of LIGHT energy?
Candle, Lamp, Flashlight, Sun, etc.
What type of energy is a ringing bell?
Sound
What type of energy is turning the handle of a pencil sharpener?
Mechanical energy
What is a way thermal energy is used at school every day?
Cooking food food for lunch, coffee maker, etc.
What is an example of mechanical energy being used to produce thermal energy?
Rubbing two sticks together to start a campfire, etc.
List two objects that produce sound energy.
Radio, Drum, Television, etc.
When a student looks at a computer screen, they are using what kind of energy produced by the screen?
Light Energy
