Flocabulary: Energy

Grass and plants get energy from

• the Sun.

• eating food.

• windmills.

• electrons.

Energy that comes from the heat inside the Earth is called ________ energy.

• solar

• geothermal

• kinetic

• potential

Potential energy is

• energy that can be destroyed.

• energy that can be created.

• energy from electrons.

• energy that's stored.

A baseball that is moving through the air has ________ energy.

• kinetic

• potential

True or False: Energy can be created.

• True

• False

A bow and arrow that was just pulled back but not yet released has ________ energy.

• potential

• electrical

• geothermal

• nuclear

Which of the following releases chemical energy?

• throwing a basketball

• a skier on top of a mountain

• playing a song through headphones

• burning wood

When you’re wearing a big sweater, what kind of energy is keeping you warm?

• chemical energy

• thermal energy

• sound energy

• kinetic energy

Nuclear energy could come from

• kicking a soccer ball.

• heat inside the Earth.

• splitting atoms apart.

• solar panels.

When you eat plants like lettuce, the energy that you get originally came from

• a windmill.

• nuclear fission.

• the Sun.

• a cow.