Name Class Date
Activity
Chapter 9: Vocabulary Activity
Exercising Your Potential
After you finish reading the chapter, complete the following puzzle. Use each of
the following clues to find the correct energy-related word, and write the word in
the spaces provided. Then, on the next page, put the numbered letters into the
matching numbered squares to reveal a quotation by Nancy Newhall.
1. a force that opposes motion between surfaces that are touching
2. energy resources that formed from the buried remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago
3. the energy of motion
4. the process that uses light energy to make new substances that have chemical energy
5. energy resources that cannot be replaced or are replaced more slowly than they are used
6. the law that states that energy cannot be created or destroyed
7. a well-defined group of objects that transfer energy to one another
8. the total energy of motion and position of an object
Vocabulary Activity continued
9. the type of potential energy dependent upon an object’s weight and distance from Earth’s surface
10. the ability to do work
11. resources that can be used and replaced in nature over a relatively short period of time
12. the energy of position
13. a change of one form of energy into another
14. produced when two or more nuclei join together or when the nucleus of one atom splits apart
15. a natural resource that can be converted by humans into other forms of energy in order to do useful work
16. a comparison of the amount of energy before a conversion with the amount of useful energy after a conversion
Nancy Newhall’s Quotation
Original content Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Additions and changes to the original content are the responsibility of the instructor.
Holt Science and Technology 82 Energy and Energy Resources