Investigation #4 Energy Transfer

Brush

• Able to be used without being completely used up or destroyed.
• Able to be replaced or restored by nature.
• A complex network of wires that delivers electricity to homes and other buildings.
• A conductor that makes contact inside a motor or a generator.

A switching mechanism on a motor or generator.

• Commutator
• Solar Cell
• Brush
• Potential Energy

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

A restriction or limitation.

• Criterion
• Constraint
• Non-renewable
• Renewable

Fossil Fuel

• A wheeled vehicle propelled by a motor.
• A material that stores energy.
• Energy that matter has because of its position.
• The remains of organisms that lived long ago preserved as oil, coal, or natural gas.

A device that produces electricity from motion.

• Generator
• Commutator
• Brush
• Power Grid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A material that cannot be replaced once used up.

• Renewable
• Constraint
• Non-renewable
• Criterion

Potential Energy

• A generator powered by the flow of air, steam, or another fluid.
• Able to be used without being completely used up or destroyed.
• A complex network of wires that delivers electricity to homes and other buildings.
• Energy that matter has because of its position.

Renewable

• A material that cannot be replaced once used up.
• A gas that absorbs and radiates energy in the atmosphere, effectively trapping heat.
• Able to be replaced or restored by nature.
• Able to be used without being completely used up or destroyed.

A silicon structure that converts sunlight into electrical energy and is used as a power source.

• Generator
• Commutator
• Brushes
• Solar Cell

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Turbine

• A material that stores energy.
• A gas that absorbs and radiates energy in the atmosphere, effectively trapping heat.
• A complex network of wires that delivers electricity to homes and other buildings.
• A generator powered by the flow of air, steam, or another fluid.