Energy: Kinetic, Potential, & The 9 Forms
Across
- 1. The energy that produces sound waves, such as from a plucked guitar string.
- 6. Energy generated by flowing water used in dams.
- 11. Energy of a car when it is moving.
- 13. The type of energy possessed by an object due to its height above the ground, like a diver on a board.
- 14. Energy that includes sunlight, microwaves, and X-rays.
- 17. Energy released when atoms split in a power plant.
- 18. Energy change in a waterfall, converting potential to kinetic.
- 19. Energy produced when wind turns turbine blades.
Down
- 1. The energy transformation in a mattress spring when compressed and released.
- 2. Energy stored in food that is broken down in the body.
- 3. Stored energy found in a bow before shooting an arrow.
- 4. Type of energy released when gasoline burns in an engine.
- 5. Energy type present when a pendulum swings to its highest point.
- 7. Energy stored in a stretched rubber band or bow.
- 8. Energy used by a microwave oven to heat food.
- 9. Energy from the sun that powers Earth’s systems.
- 10. Type of energy stored in batteries that power electronic devices.
- 12. The form of energy in boiling water.
- 14. The energy flowing through wires to power lights and devices.
- 15. The sound caused by the rapid expansion of air from lightning.
- 16. Heat energy produced by rubbing hands together.