SOL 6.2 Energy Review

Energy can not be created nor destroyed

• Law of conservation of energy
• Law of the energy of transformation
• Theory of relativity
• Big Bang theory

The splitting of the nucleus of an atom in power plants.

• a laser
• fission
• fusion
• break up

Only nonrenewable energy source that is NOT a fossil fuel.

• coal
• natural gas
• uranium
• petrolium

The ability to do work

• work
• energy
• motion
• kinetic

As the height of an object decreases, the gravitational potential energy...

• decreases
• increases
• remains the same
• is destroyed

The remains of dead plants and animals from millions of years ago

• biomass
• uranium
• renewable energy
• fossil fuels

What is an advantage of using nonrenewable resources?

• Cheap to use
• Not quickly replenished
• Can destroy habitats
• cause pollution

What is the energy associated with motion?

• kinetic energy
• nuclear energy
• potential energy
• gravitational potential energy

All of the following have potential energy except...

• a book on a low shelf
• a rock sitting on top of a cliff
• a car sitting at a red light
• a rolling ball

Fossil fuels got their stored chemical energy from...

• sun
• waterfall
• dinosaurs
• rain