Energy Activity Sheet 8                      Name:_______

Energy Cyber hunt
Directions: What do we know about energy? Visit the "Energy Kid's Page" web site  (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2010).and explore facts about energy. While you are exploring the web site answer the following questions.

1. What is energy?______________________________________________

2. True or False     Potential energy is stored energy.  ___________________

3. The two types of energy are potential energy and ________________ energy.

4. What are five forms of potential energy?  Give an example of each.

1. ______________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________

5. What are four forms of kinetic energy?  Give an example of each.

1. ______________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________

6.___________________and___________ are two units for measure for energy. 

7.Energy can only be changed into another sort of energy. It cannot be _____________________  nor can it be ______________________. 

8. Name 5 common renewable sources of energy.

1. ___________________________________
2. ___________________________________
3. ___________________________________
4. ___________________________________
5. ___________________________________

9. Name 4 non-renewable sources of energy.

6. ___________________________________
7. ___________________________________
8. ___________________________________
9. ___________________________________

For those who finish early

Explore Ben Franklin's energy experiments at PBS's How Shocking.
(Twin Cities Public Television Inc, 2002)

What did he consider to be his greatest invention?

How did it work?  
Credits
Activity Sheet 8 modified with materials from Mrs O House   (O’Hora, 2007) and EIA Energy Kids (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2010).

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