Work In The World Flashcards
(22 cards)
Kinetic energy
Energy in motion
Potential energy
Energy that is stored up and waiting to be used
Gravitational energy
Potential energy that is dependent on gravity
Law of conservation of energy
Means that energy is protected and preserved, we can’t make new energy and we can’t run out of it
Chemical energy
Another form of potential energy is called chemical energy, chemical energy can be found in food
Fossil fuels
Fossilized forms of energy, when an animal that died with energy still stored in it.
Oil reservoirs
Lakes of oil under many layers of earth
Natural gas
It is called natural gas because it is made naturally under the earth
Energy
The ability of someone or something to do work
Coal
Made of dead plants that turned into carbon
Nuclear energy
Also known as atomic energy, one of the most powerful energy, that has an enormous amount of energy stored up inside the nucleus in one single atom
Nuclear fission
When atoms split in half and release a huge amount of energy
Renewable energy
Energy that is made made from sources that don’t run out
Clean energy
energy that doesn’t produce chemicals and waste to produce more energy
Hydropower
The power of water or making energy with water
Hydroelectricity
Electricity from falling water example: a dam
Solar Thermal collectors
Solar panels are designed to collect the sun’s heat piping it into homes and buildings
Solar cells
Are thin plates that turn solar energy directly into electricity
Biofuels
Are energy types that comes from living things
Solar energy
Energy that comes from the sun
Hydrogen
A renewable source that doesn’t produce any waste and requires energy to make this energy
Geothermal
Energy made from hot springs or geysers that turn turbines and make electricity
