Energy

Which of the following is a possible use for nuclear energy?

Control rods are used to slow down the reaction in the reactor core when the core becomes too hot.

The nuclear accident at Chernobyl was _______ than the accident at Three Mile Island.

There are no negative consequences to using nuclear energy.

How is the heat generated by the reactor core of a nuclear power plant used to provide power to buildings?

Nuclear power plants require a lot of water to operate.

Which of the following is a typical product of nuclear fission?

Nuclear fusion occurs in stars.

What happens to the heat that is produced from fission reactions that occur in nuclear power plants?

There are positive and negative consequences to producing energy using different methods. Which of the following is a reasonable argument for the use of nuclear power plants?

Which of the following results in the release of nuclear energy?

The use of nuclear energy can have both positive and negative consequences. Which of the following is a positive consequence of using nuclear energy?

Which of the following is true of both nuclear fusion and nuclear fission?

The hydrogen bomb relies on the process of nuclear fission.

Different processes are used to create nuclear energy. Which of the following is true of nuclear fission, but not of nuclear fusion?

Which of the following statements about nuclear energy is true?

Nearly all of the energy that Earth receives from the Sun is used in photosynthesis.

Radiation requires a heated liquid to transfer energy.

process by which water vapor changes to a liquid

transfer of heat through flowing material

____ is the transfer of energy in the form of rays or waves.

The process of water vapor changing to a liquid is called ____.

When Earth receives energy from the Sun, ____.

How much of the ultraviolet radiation from the Sun is absorbed by oxygen and ozone?

The ____ is the source of all energy in our atmosphere.

What is formed by solar protons and electrons traveling along the Earth's magnetic lines?

If the horizontal line represents the reference point, the pendulum has ___________ energy at point B

A change from one form of energy into another is called

An electric motor converts electrical energy to potential energy.

Nuclear reactions produce huge amounts of energy by transforming tiny amounts of matter.

The scientist who suggested that energy can be created under certain conditions was

To maintain your body temperature, your body converts chemical potential energy into thermal energy.

A ball thrown into the air has its greatest kinetic energy as it reaches the highest point in its path.

The energy transformations in a car's engine are an example of multiple transformations.

______ states that energy cannot be created or destroyed.

What best describes the changes in kinetic and potential energy as the car travels from point A to point B?

Moving current has electrical energy.

Mechanical energy is found by adding an object's potential energy and kinetic energy.

All of the following statements are true of hydroelectric power EXCEPT:

In order to increase thermal energy, the temperature must ___________.

An example of something that stores chemical energy is

Visible light is an example of

How would you calculate an object's mechanical energy?

What kind of energy source transforms heat energy from the Earth into mechanical and electrical energy?

What type of energy does a spinning turbine have?

Sunlight is a form of electromagnetic energy.

The ability to do work is called

Potential energy that depends on height is called

The energy associated with motion is called

If the velocity of an object is doubled, its kinetic energy is ______.

The rate at which energy is transferred is called

A 5.0 kg bowling ball is rolling down the lane at 4.0 m/s. What is the kinetic energy of the bowling ball?

The kinetic energy of a book on a shelf is equal to the work done to lift the book to the shelf.

What is the difference between a 60 Watt light bulb and a 100 Watt light bulb?

Unlike kinetic energy, potential energy is

A compressed spring has elastic potential energy.

Fossil fuels such as coal store chemical kinetic energy.

During combustion, a fuel's electromagnetic energy is converted into thermal energy.

Over long periods of time, buried animal and plant remains are converted into coal by high temperatures and pressure.

Which of the following is not an example of a fossil fuel being used?

What is the process in which large hydrocarbons are converted into smaller hydrocarbons, which provide better fuel?

When generators are spun by turbines, they

What type of energy is released when fossil fuels are burned?

The Sun is the original source of the energy in fossil fuels.

During combustion, a fuel's electromagnetic energy is converted into thermal energy.

An example of a fossil fuel is

Fossil fuels contain kinetic energy stored millions of years ago.

What is created when combustion happens without enough oxygen?

Wood is an example of a fossil fuel.

Fossil fuels contain energy that originally came from

In power plants, generators convert mechanical energy into chemical energy.

When two smaller atoms combine into a larger atom, _______ has occurred.

Nuclear fusion produces more energy than nuclear fission, but requires more initial energy.

Conversion of the Sun's energy from fossil fuels into electricity does NOT involve:

What is the main reason that people are hesitant to use nuclear energy?

One form of energy changes to one other form

Creates clouds, snow, sleet, rain and hail

Light is one of the forms of electromagnetic energy.

The energy of rest, or stored energy