NAME:___________________________
Energy Study Guide
Key terms – make flashcards for +5 on test
Atomic/nuclear energy
Chemical energy
Conduction
Conductor
Convection
Electrical energy
Energy
Energy transformation
Heat/thermal energy
Insulator
Kinetic energy
Law of Conservation of Energy
Light/radiant energy
Mechanical energy
Potential energy
Radiation
Sound energy
Temperature
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Study your notes, worksheets, quizzes on AC Helms and heat transfer.
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Complete the attached worksheets, which review the content.
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Attend the TUTORIALS before the TEST.
TUTORIALS
Monday, 4/28
NO MORNING
3:30-4:15 Simpson
Tues, 4/29
7:45-8:23 Helm/Pickett
3:30-4:15 Tucker
Flashcards are due ___ Weds, 4/30_____
STUDY GUIDE DUE: Monday, 4/28
TEST: Weds, 4/30
Warming your
hands near a fire.
Touching a hot
handle on a pot!
Drying your shoes over
an air vent in the floor.
Placing a heating
pad on your leg.
5. How is air temperature usually measured?
6. Name the three ways that heat is transferred.
7. How is heat transferred from the sun to Earth?
 Building Vocabulary
8. The total energy of motion in the molecules of a substance is called
9.
______________.
_______________ is the average of energy of motion in the molecules of a substance.
10. The transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves is called
_________________.
11. The energy transferred from a hotter object to a cooler one is referred to as
_________.
12. The direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance that it is touching is
called ______________.
13. The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid is called
____________________.
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What is an insulator? What materials make good insulators? Give 2 examples
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 2 examples:________________________________________________________
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What is a conductor? What materials make good conductors? Give 2 examples
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 2 examples:________________________________________________________
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Why do some cooking pots have wooden handles?
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How does a cold can of soda become warm on a hot day?
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How does heat get from the stove burner into your soup? Explain the 2 heat transfers that occur
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Why is the metal spoon in your cup of hot chocolate hot?
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Energy from the sun travels to Earth’s surface by __________________________
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Rising warm air transports heat energy by _______________________________
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What does the Law of Conservation of Energy state?
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What are the 7 forms of energy with a BRIEF description of each
Form of energy
1. A
2. C
3. H
4. E
5. L
6. M
7. S
BRIEF description
Label the type of energy and circle if it is potential or kinetic
Potential
or Kinetic
Potential
or Kinetic
Energy Form:
Energy Form:
Mechanical, Heat, Sound
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Nuclear Power
Plant
Potential
or Kinetic
Potential
or Kinetic
Energy Form:
Energy Form:
_______________________
_______________________
Potential
or Kinetic
Energy Form:
_______________________
Potential
Energy Form:
_______________________
Potential
Potential
or Kinetic
or Kinetic
or Kinetic
Energy Form:
Energy Form:
_______________________
_______________________
Potential
or Kinetic
Potential
or Kinetic
Energy Form:
Energy Form:
_______________________
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Energy Transformations
Directions: Describe what is happening during these energy transformations.
Look at the example done for you below.
1.
Sunlight shines on a solar cell. Start with the sun and end with what the solar cell
produces. (You HAVE to do the arrow/energy part but you do NOT have to explain it like I did.)
nuclear energy
light energy
fusion in sun
produces light
chemical energy
which reaches the solar
cell causing chemical
reactions
electrical energy
which makes
electricity
2. A toaster is plugged into an outlet and is used to make toast. Start with the electricity.
3. Coal is burned in the furnace of a power plant. Start with the coal.
4. A flashlight shines in the dark. Start with the batteries.
5. Wind creates electricity in a wind farm. Start with the wind.
6. You are hammering a nail. Start with the you.
7. You swing a baseball bat and hit the baseball. Start with the you.
8. Sunlight shines on a tree. YOU figure out what to START with for the last 3 problems!
9. Geothermal energy creates electricity.
10. A battery powered watch.
More Thermal Energy Transfer…
Label each example or description with the matching method (way) of heat transfer.
A. CONDUCTION
B. CONVECTION
C. RADIATION
_______ 1. The sun warms your face.
_______ 2. Ocean currents warm colder water.
_______ 3. A thermometer under your tongue shows that you have a high fever.
_______ 4. A forced-air furnace blows heated air around the house.
_______ 5. You place your cold hands under warm water.
_______ 6. Heat is transferred by the movement of matter.
_______ 7. You stir hot stew with a spoon. The handle of the metal spoon gets hot.
_______ 8. Your feet burn when you walk barefoot across hot sand.
_______ 9. Thermal energy is transferred through matter from particle to particle.
_______ 10.Two objects at different temperatures are in direct contact.
_______ 11. The troposphere gets the most of its heat through the process shown in the
diagram. What type of heat transfer is represented?
a. Reflection
b. Convection
c. Conduction
d. Radiation