Energy Flashcards
Unit of energy
Joule
Energy
Is the ability to do work
Potential energy
Stored energy waiting to do work
Such as Cole spring elastic band
Kinetic energy
The energy that moving thing have
Heat Energy
Heat energy because it to move
Hot air to an air ballon to rise ,hate in a steam engine moves trains
Light energy
Light energy can move in crooked radiometer r solar powered calculator, plants use light to make food
Sound energy
If you head near a loudspeaker you can feel the air that is being moved by sound energy
Electrical energy
This energy can make things like ex tractor fans to move.it is the flow of electrons around the a circuit
Chemical energy
This type of rnegy
Nuclear energy
This energy is stored in the nucleus of atoms ,the enemy that comes off the Sun
Law of conservation energy
Energy cannot be created or destroyed it can only be changed or converted from one to the other
Circuits
A circuit is made up of a battery, some wires and a different types of equipment and can be used to observer energy conversions
Hydroelectric
Dam holds back water and then let’s it drop onto a wheel to turn the generates
Wind energy
Wind can turn wind mills which generate electricity
Wave energy
The movement of large floats by the energy in the wave