Types of Energy and Energy Units
Explore the various types of energy and energy units with flashcards created by other users. Learn about kinetic energy, potential energy, thermal energy, and more.
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What are insulators?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Materials which don’t support the flow of electricity due to a lack of electrons.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is chemical potential energy?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Energy stored in molecular bonds of chemicals.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is gravitational potential energy?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The potential of an object above the ground.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">Define energy transformation.</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Energy which changes from one form to another.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is the definition of kinetic energy?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The energy in motion.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What causes thermal/heat energy?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Energy produced by atoms and molecules moving fast and creating collisions with each other.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What unit is incorrectly identified as a unit of energy?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Newtons.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is radiation in terms of energy?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Energy travelling in waves.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How are joules related to kilojoules?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Joules (J) = kJ x 1000.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is energy transfer?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Energy passing down from one object to another.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How does convection occur?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Heat being transferred in liquid and gas states.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How is light energy defined?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Energy which allows light to be seen by the naked eye.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is conduction?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Heat being created through collisions between atoms.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What charge do electrons radiate?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Negative charge.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">Define potential energy.</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Energy that is stored due to its conditions.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What charge do protons radiate?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Positive charge.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is a conductor</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Materials with enough electrons to allow electricity to flow through easily</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How is mechanical energy calculated?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Potential energy + kinetic energy.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is the source of sound energy?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Vibrating particles.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What describes elastic potential energy?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Energy stored in a short term strain.</p>
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