Bill Nye Energy Questions

Toze Date Tues Jan 18th 2011

Name Smarty Pants

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What are the different forms of energy described in the video?

heat, sound, light, electricity, kinetic, potential, mechanical (moving), nuclear, wind, chemical__________________ What would the world be like without energy? __no electricity, no clouds moving, no wind, no movement, all life would go out. Cold, dark, dead world_ What are some ways that energy is stored in this video? Winding up a rubber band (in a toy airplane or a bungee cord), lifting water, baking soda and vinegar (chemical energy), fuel, wood, When vinegar is added to baking soda, what is the evidence that energy is produced? The cork pops off the bottle because the chemical energy changes to moving (kinetic) energy What types of energy are involved in this experiment? _chemical, moving, kinetic, potential What is energy? (The ability to do work); Energy is what makes things work. What does energy do? Energy makes things move, go, fall, change, makes a different form of energy Why didnt the bowling ball hit Bill Nyes face? Because the energy of movement cannot be greater than the potential energy. The bowling ball will only have as much energy as it is given and so it doesnt go further than where it was released from. What types of energy are involved in the bowling ball part of the video? Potential (stored) and kinetic (moving energy) Name the different ways that electrical energy is made? Burning coal (fossil fuels), falling water (hydroelectric power), separating atoms (nuclear energy), windmills turning (wind energy), the sun on a solar panel (solar energy) How does hydroelectric (dams) energy work? Water falling from a dam turns turbines which in turn make a generator work to produce electricity

Where does nuclear energy come from? How is it made? the

nuclei of huge atoms fall apart, when the broken nuclei of atoms come close to each other, heat is produced, the heat turns water into steam. steam makes a turbine spin, which turns generators, producing electricity. What are the similarities between hydroelectric and nuclear energy? Both forms of energy turn a turbine to make a generator work and produce electricity How is wind energy made? Windmills turn a generator and produce electricity. The electricity is stored in batteries. How is solar energy made? Energy from the sun is collected by solar panels and turned into electricity which is stored in batteries. What types of energy can electrical energy be converted to? Heat, light, motion energy How does energy in the barrel get stored? When the can is pushed, the Weight (sandbag) holds the elastic bungee cord back so it twists around itself, winding the bungee cord, storing energy. How does oil turn into energy? Chemical in oil is combined with oxygen in the air which produces heat (energy) What is humans source of energy? (NOT ELECTRICITY RELATED) _food What type of energy is this source of energy? Chemical energy What is the original source of humans source of energy? The sun In what forms do humans release energy? Heat, motion or kinetic, sound