Energy Vocabulary Quiz

non-renewable energy source formed from remains of living organisms, which cause pollution (coal, natural gas, petroleum)

• Fossil Fuel

• Nuclear Energy

• Natural Gas

• Renewable Energy

Resources consumed by humans much faster than nature can produce (ex: oil, natural gas)

• Renewable Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Non-renewable Energy

• Nuclear Energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Energy of moving objects, such as a rolling ball, wind or currents

• Electrical Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Nuclear Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Energy that travels in waves (ex: microwaves, radio waves, energy from the sun)

• Electromagnetic Energy

• Solar Energy

• Electrical Energy

• Chemical Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Fossil fuel consisting of methane that occurs naturally underground

• Natural Gas

• Petroleum

• Geothermal

• Coal

One form of energy changes to another; allows energy to be used in different ways
(chemical energy in a battery transforms into electric energy in many battery- powered appliances)

• Electrical Energy

• Nuclear Energy

• Energy Transformation

• Conservation

Energy of electric charges moving through conductors; powers devices used in daily life

• Solar Energy

• Electrical Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Nuclear Energy

the ability to do work

• Technology

• Power

• Energy

• Generator

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The act of preserving or maintaining the planet and its resources

• Stewardship

• Sustainability

• Conservation

• Affirmative

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Fossil fuel used to produce gasoline and oil

• Nuclear

  Energy

• Natural Gas

• Petroleum

• Coal

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4