Section 1 Activity Instructions
This activity will examine the types of energy in each student's personal life, as well enhance each student's understanding of energy units.
Section 1 Worksheet
Examine the types of energy used in your everyday personal life. Your personal life includes home, work, school, transportation, and even your recreational time. Be sure to describe all your answers in a statement that is very clear to me as the grader of the assignment.
Part 1: Identify Examples of Different Types of Energy
1. Identify one example of potential energy in your personal life.
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2. Identify one example of kinetic energy in your personal life.
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3. Identify two examples of mechanical energy in your personal life.
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4. Identify two examples of chemical energy in your personal life.
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5. Identify two examples of electromagnetic radiation in your personal life.
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Part 2: Energy Units and Calculations
6. Which of the following is the smallest unit-
Choices: Joule (J), kilojoule (kJ), microjoule (μJ), or nanojoule (nJ)
7. A refrigerator uses 350 kilowatt hours of electricity a year. How many joules of energy did the refrigerator use during that year-
8. A vessel containing 25 cubic feet of natural gas would be equivalent to how many Btu-
9. If you pump 10 gallons of gasoline into your automobile, how many Btu did you add-
10. Scenario: You just bought 5 tons of coal at $50 a ton, and 6 barrels of oil at $50 a barrel. Which one, the coal or the oil, would cost the most per million Btu ($/million Btu)- Show your work. Assume short ton.