NAME: ______________________________         DATE: _____________________

1.) Define energy:
 
 

2.) Name the two main types of energy:
      a.
      b.
 

3.) Besides gasoline, name two other things that are made using crude oil? (hint: look on EIA
     Kid's Page)
 
 

4.) Benjamin Franklin experimented with a __________, while ___________________________
     invented the light bulb.
 

5.) There are two groups of energy sources, renewable and nonrenewable.  An example of a
      renewable energy source is __________________.  An example of a nonrenewable source is
      the element __________________ which provides us with  ____________________ energy.
 

6.) In the Atom's Family, Phantom's Portrait Parlor, Phases of Matter, what happens to the
     molecules as the temperature changes?
 
 
 

7.) What causes a radiometer to spin?
 
 
 

8.) Name the scientist responsible for the mathematical equation about energy, E=MC².
 
 
 

9.) Define potential energy.  Use a roller coaster as an example to explain when the cars have the
     greatest potential energy.
 
 
 
 
 

10.) Define kinetic energy.  Use a roller coaster as an example to explain when the cars have the
       greatest kinetic energy.