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Types of Energy and Energy Conversions Web/Text Quest
Name:_____________________________________
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to understand how energy can be converted (Law of Conservation of Energy)
to provide examples of energy conversions
to understand how we use energy
to explain how there is a supply/demand relationship with energy
Complete Activity in Word and print off your answers for your notes. Please send it in on Edmodo so
the assignment can be graded
Activity One - Forms of Energy
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0078742722/160350/00076705.html
1. What types of energy are there? (list 2)
2. List 5 different types of energy
3. Which of these objects has potential energy?
a. A ball moving through the air
b. A ball deflating
c. A ball in someone’s hand
4. Which of these objects has kinetic energy?
a. A ball moving through the air
b. A ball on the table
c. A ball buried underground
5. What is Energy?
a. The ability to stand still
b. The ability to do work
c. The ability to speak
6. What is the major source of Light?
a. Light bulbs
b. The sun
c. Fires
7. What is a source of mechanical energy?
a. Wind
b. Sunlight
c. Dirt
8. What type of Energy is stored in Fuel?
a. Light Energy
b. Electrical Energy
c. Chemical Energy
9. How is Nuclear Energy Released?
a. By burning fuel
b. By liquids mixing
c. By atoms splitting apart or joining
Activity 2 – Energy Conversion
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E04/E04.html
Follow the procedure indicated in the box
1. Write down the energy conversions found in each of the 5 scenarios
2. Complete the Questions:
a. Describe the energy conversion when a flashlight is turned on
b. What would happen if an energy sequence is not complete?
Activity 3 - Power Plants
https://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/media/437-power-plant
Username: cisad Password: edumedia
Use the Edu Media Simulation to answer the questions. The videos/reading is to support. Remember –
I’m looking for unique responses!!
1. What is the difference between renewable and non-renewable energy?
2. Describe how energy is created in a hydroelectric power plant Explain how energy is transferred
in a hydroelectricity plant (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpigNNTQix8 )
3. Describe how energy is created in a nuclear power plant (look at Nuclear Fission
http://energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter13.html )
4. Describe how energy is created in a solar panel
(http://energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter15.html)
5. How does Wind Power get Generated? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYYHfMCwFI&list=PLgU0cHea5t3paoor9YMsoWuTal56ndRn9&index=2 )
6. Describe how Geothermal Energy is created
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCRDf7QxjDk)
Activity 4 – Investigating other types of Energy
http://energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html
http://www.eschooltoday.com/energy/renewable-energy/what-is-renewable-energy.html
Choose the types of energy that were not discussed in the previous activity (Biomass, Fossil Fuel,
Ocean). Explain the following:
a. How it creates electricity
b. How it transfers energy from one form to another
c. If it is classed as a renewable or non-renewable resource and a reason why
Activity 5A Energy Conservation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-g73ty9v04
List a minimum of 5 ways that the people in this video are conserving energy.
**You may have to repeat the video a couple times to get all the details**
Activity 5B Energy Conservation
http://www.eschooltoday.com/energy/renewable-energy/what-is-energy-conservation.html
Based on the 3 says to Conserve Energy, come up with 3 ways that you can conserve energy here in the
UAE
Answer the following questions after completing the 5 activities.
1. "Energy cannot be created nor destroyed in any chemical reaction. It can only be changed from one
form to another." This is known as the Law of:
A. Energy Transformation
B. Conservation of Energy
C. Energy Transfer
2. During energy transformation, energy is never ____________.
A. used to increase an object's potential energy
B. released as heat
C. created or destroyed
3. As energy transformations occur within a system, the total energy of the system _________.
A. remains constant
B. decreases
C. increases
From your Textbook,
1. Define cogeneration and provide an example
2. Define sustainable and how this is applied in electrical energy generation.
Final Activity! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5s1ia50-aw How does Bill Nye Keep his
house efficient?