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Learn About Energy Answers

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.