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Science is full of fun, and the process of understanding is perhaps a greater pleasure than explaining the world around us.

Fun Facts Galore:

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Most of the energy we use originally came from:

• the sun
• the air
• the soil
• the oceans

Find the answer first or look at the Quick Answer List.

#2

You can convert physical units of energy, such as barrels, tons of coal, and cubic feet of natural gas, into Btu, thus producing a practical way in which to compare different fuels. One Btu is approximately equal to the energy released in the burning of a wood match.

#3

The U.S. consumes lots of energy. Which fuel provides the most energy?

a) petroleum
b) coal
c) natural gas
d) solar

Find the answer first or look at the Quick Answer List

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#5

Particles Matter - Find about Physics at High Energy

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What is the Connection between Energy, Garbage, and Recycling?

Let's see why recycling makes sense.

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This award-winning interactive program is part of the "Whole Frog". You can interactively dissect a (digitized) frog named Fluffy, make movies, and play the Virtual Frog Builder Game. The interactive Web pages of the Virtual Frog Dissection Kit are available in a number of languages.

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Searching for the building blocks of matter.

#10

Ever wonder what oil looks like underground, down deep, hundreds or thousands of feet below the surface, buried under millions of tons of rock and dirt?

If you could look down an oil well and see oil where Nature created it, you might be surprised. You wouldn't see a big underground lake or sponge-like form, as a lot of people think.

Oil doesn't exist in deep, black pools. In fact, an underground oil formation - called an "oil reservoir" - looks very much like any other rock formation. It looks a lot like...well, rock. And it wasn't pushed there by glaciers.

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#11

Why does a curling stop sliding and spinning - at the same time?

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#12

The puzzle: what is the nature of the dark energy that fills the universe?
To solve it, Berkeley Lab physicists, astronomers, and engineers, working with colleagues from the University of California at Berkeley and other institutions, propose to launch a satellite named SNAP - the SuperNova/Acceleration Probe.

#13

If there is only one thing you remember after this, what would it be?"

Why?

Follow the Energy Conservation Trail and see why it is important.

#14

Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies are complex. But the basic concepts and principles can be presented in different ways to engage students of all ages in the vision of a hydrogen economy and inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists.

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Date last updated: August 9, 2005