Learn About Energy Answers

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Learn About Energy Answers

  1. Energy is the ability to change or move matter.
  2. Students should list at least three of the following forms of energy: chemical, mechanical, radiant, electrical and nuclear.
  3. Nuclear energy is energy contained in the center of an atom.
  4. Answers will vary. Students may mention: riding a bicycle, sitting in the sun, eating, using a toaster or using a car as real life examples of how energy can be transformed, or changed, from one form to another.
  5. A nonrenewable resource is a resource that can be used up.
  6. Answers will vary. Students may give the following as examples of renewable resources: wood, wind, sunshine, geothermal energy, biomass and water stored behind dams in lakes and reservoirs.
  7. False. Most of the electricity we use is produced by generators in power plants.