Types of Energy

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What type of energy is stored in batteries or food?

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Chemical energy

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What type of energy transformation occurs when using an electric pencil sharpener? Options: electrical to mechanical, sound to electrical, mechanical to electrical, potential to sound

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electrical to mechanical

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What is an advantage of producing electricity through hydropower?

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Hydropower is a clean, renewable source of energy for human use

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What type of energy is electrons flowing through a wire?

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Electrical energy

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Which of the following has potential energy?

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Mechanical energy

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The ability to cause motion (kinetic and potential energy)

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Energy is...

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the ability to do work

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As a roller coaster moves around a track, it sometimes has potential energy, it sometimes has kinetic energy, and it sometimes has both. What is this an example of?

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Energy changes

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What is it an example of when a moving marble hits a stationary marble and transfers some of its kinetic energy, causing the second marble to move?

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Energy transfer

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Would a big alien have more or less kinetic energy than a small alien when they run at the same speed?

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