Chapter 8: Energy (Ibrahim/?)

Make sure to learn/study dimensional analysis Here is a link from College Board: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-environmental-science/classroom-resources/energy-primer-ap-environmental-science-student

Ability to do work

Two types of mechanical energy: Potential (a book sitting on a table) and Kinetic (a baseball flying through the air).

Heat is the internal energy in substances - the vibration and movement of atoms and molecules within substances.

This type of enery is stored in bonds between atoms in a molecule

This type of energy results from the movement of electrons.

This type of energy is stored in the nuclei of atoms and is released by joining or splitting the atoms.

This type of energy travels by waves.

Petroleum, Natural gas, and Coal

The law of supply and demand is the theory that explains the interaction between the supply of the resource and the demand for that resources. Low supply + high demand = Increase in price Greater supply + lower demand = Decrease in price

A resource of economic value that cannot be readily replaced by natural means on a level equal to its consumption.

• Abundant supply; low price for consumers. • Technology already in place for extraction, processing, and delivery • Politics: Fear of losing jobs over unemployed mine workers • Some fuel has a high net-energy yield.