Energy EOG Review

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What is the source of energy in a system?

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Energy must have come from somewhere else.

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What type of energy can be used directly to heat space or converted to electricity?

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Solar energy.

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What can be inferred if an incandescent bulb is too hot to touch while a compact fluorescent bulb is warm?

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The incandescent bulb is transferring more energy to its surroundings as heat.

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Which method of generating electrical energy allows for easy distribution?

Back

Using coal-fired power plants.

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What action can best conserve fossil fuel resources?

Back

Riding a bike to school.

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Define renewable energy.

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Energy that is collected from resources that are naturally replenished, such as sunlight, wind, and water.

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What is the principle of energy conservation?

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another.

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What is kinetic energy?

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The energy of an object due to its motion.

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What is potential energy?

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The stored energy of an object due to its position or state.

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What is the difference between thermal energy and temperature?

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Thermal energy is the total energy of all particles in an object, while temperature measures the average kinetic energy of those particles.