Energy Web Quest names: _________________________

Please go to this website to answer the questions: http://www.eia.gov/kids/index.cfm

Click on “what is energy?” then “energy basics”

1. What are the two types of energy? Write the word description they use for each.

2. What is renewable energy?

3. What is nonrenewable energy?

4. According the “U.S. Energy Consumption by Energy Source, 2010”, what percent of energy that we use is
renewable? What percent is nonrenewable?

5. An example of a nonrenewable energy source is fossil fuels. Why are they called “fossil” fuels?

Click on “forms of energy” on the left.

6. How do scientists define energy?

7. What forms does potential energy come in? Give an example of each.

8. What forms does kinetic energy come in? Give an example of each.

Click on “laws of energy” on the left.

9. To scientists, what does “conservation of energy” mean?

 10. Energy changes form, but the total amount of energy in the universe __________________________________

11. What is “dark energy”?

12. What is “energy efficiency”?

13. Our bodies are not very efficient. What happens to most of our energy?

14. What kind of energy does the sun get transferred into?

Click on “sources of energy”.

15. What are two examples of secondary energy sources?

16. Which energy source is used most often in the U.S.? Is it renewable?

17. Which energy source is used least often in the U.S.? Is it renewable?

18. Why are some energy sources called “nonrenewable”?

19. Why are some energy sources called “renewable”?

20. In the U.S. what is the number 1 energy source for generating electricity? Is it renewable?

Click on “Energy Units Basics” on the left.

21. What physical unit is used to measure coal?

22. What does “Btu” stand for?

23. 1 gallon of gasoline = ________ Btu

 24. Which house used the most energy, a house using natural gas to heat 81,300 cubic feet or a house using 584 gallons
of heating oil?

Click on “Energy Calculators” on the left.

25. If you had 5 short tons of coal, how many megajoules would that be?

26. If you had 20 million calories, how many megajoules of energy would that be?

27. If you had 10 barrels of Crude Oil, how many metric tons would that be?

28. If you had 500 Btu of natural gas, how many cubic feet would that be?

29. If you had 1 gallon of gas, how many megajoules of energy would that be?

30. If you had 200 megajoules of diesel fuel, how many gallons would that be?

31. If you ate 2,000 food calories, how many megajoules of energy would you receive?

Click on “Energy Sources” and then “nonrenewable” on the left.

32. What are the 4 nonrenewable energy sources used most often?

33. Where do nonrenewable energy sources come from?

34. What is Uranium Ore used for?

Click on “renewable” on the left.

35. What does hydropower use to make energy?

36. What are the 5 most used renewable sources of energy?

37. What renewable energy source provided 90% of our world’s energy needs 150 years ago?

38. Where does over half of renewable energy go?

 39. Why don’t we use renewable energy more often?

Click on either “Biomass”, “Geothermal”, “Hydropower”, “Solar Power”, or “Wind Power” on the left and describe, in full
sentences, what it is.

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Click on “Using and Saving Energy” and then “In Homes” on the left.

41. Where is most of the energy used in a home?

42. Which region in the U.S. uses the least amount of energy? Which uses the most?

Click on “Energy Use Basics”

43. Where is most of energy being consumed in the U.S. according to the chart?

44. What does “commercial sector” include?

Click on “Saving Energy” on the left.

45. What is energy conservation?

Click on “recycling” on the left.

46. What does recycling mean?

47. What do natural resources include?

48. What does recycling paper help save?

Click on “For Transportation” on the left.

49. How do hybrid-electric vehicles run?

50. Which uses the most amount of energy in the U.S., light trucks or airplanes?