Topic 2 - Human Uses of Energy

A substance that releases energy when it burns.

• Combustion

• turbine

• fuel

• outcome

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-6

The burning of a fuel to produce heat and light.

• combustion

• petroleum

• nuclear fuel

• emission

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS3-4

A device that contains a wheel with blades that rotate by pressure of moving water, steam, and air.

• generator

• turbine

• primary

• hydropower

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

A device that changes the energy of motion into electrical energy.

• turbine

• generator

• coal

• uranium

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-3

A device that stores chemical energy of motion into electrical energy.

• battery

• device

• natural gas

• geothermal energy

Objects made for a specific purpose

• uranium

• device

• fossil fuel

• available

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

First or most important

• nuclear fuel

• pollutant

• scrubber

• Primary

a substance produced by pressure and decaying organisms that is used for energy

• device

• primary

• fossil fuel

• geothermal

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

a solid fossil fuel that is burned to transfer energy

• coal

• petroleum

• natural gas

A liquid fossil fuel that can be burned to transfer energy

• coal

• petroleum

• natural gas