Grade 8 (Chapter 5) Energy Resources-Summer School

Grade 8 (Chapter 5) Energy and Energy Resources

Multiple Choice

What kind of energy is in a stretched rubber band?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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What kind of energy is in a waving hand?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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__________ is stored energy. 

• Potential
• Kinetic
• None of the above 
• All of the above 

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Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 

• Potential 
• Energy
• Kinetic
• Friction

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Kinetic energy depends on

• mass and volume
• velocity and weight
• weight and height
• mass and velocity

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Which picture is NOT an example of Chemical PE?

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Which type of energy increases when you compress a spring?

• elastic potential energy
• kinetic energy
• radiant energy
• sound energy

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At which point does the ball has the greatest gravitational potential energy (GPE)?

• A

• G

• D

• C

• G

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Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer. 

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• Insolation 

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This is an example of a(n)

• conductor of heat
• insulator of heat

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Heat will always flow from

• from warmer object to a cooler object
• inside and object to outside an object
• from a cooler object to a warmer object
• up to down

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Heat can be transferred from one material to another?

• False
• True

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The logs contain_______energy and is converted into________energy

• Solar

• Electrical

• Chemical

• Electrical

• Thermal

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The energy in the taco the boy is eating contains________ energy and it is converted into _______energy when he walks.

• Solar

• Chemical

• Electrical

• Mechanical (motion)

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What kind of energy is represented in the picture?

• Thermal
• Chemical
• Sound
• Nuclear

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A car converts the ______energy in gasoline into _______when it moves.

• thermal

• Electrical

• chemical

• Mechanical

• Solar

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Green plants use during photosynthesis.

• Chemical energy

• Mechanical energy

• Potential energy

• Solar energy

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Forms of light include .

• Candles & flashlights

• The Sun & Moon

• Ultraviolet light & x-rays

• Light bulbs & firelight

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energy is transferred through electromagnetic waves.

• Nuclear

• Radiant

• Thermal

• Potential

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1. Food that you eat provides your body with .

• Chemical energy

• Electrical energy

• Radiant energy

• Thermal energy

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What is another way to describe radiant energy?

• electrical energy

• heat energy

• kinetic energy

• light energy

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Match the definition to the term:
liquid fossil fuel; oil

• petroleum
• geothermal energy
• solar energy
• hydroelectric power

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Match the definition to the term:
the splitting of an atom's nucleus into 2 smaller nuclei and neutrons, releasing a large quantity of energy

• solar energy
• geothermal energy
• hydroelectric power
• nuclear fission

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Match the definition to the term:
any material that occurs naturally in the environment and is used by people

• inexhaustible resource
• nonrenewable resource
• natural resource
• renewable resource

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Match the definition to the term:
the intense heat energy that comes from Earth's interior

• efficiency
• nonrenewable resource
• geothermal energy
• solar energy

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Match the definition to the term:
a substance that provides energy as the result of a chemical change

• hydrocarbon
• nuclear fission
• fuel
• solar energy

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Match the definition to the term:
coal, oil, or natural gas that forms over millions of years from the remains of ancient organisms; burned to release energy

• hydroelectric power
• fossil fuel
• geothermal energy
• biomass fuel

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Match the definition to the term:
the practice of reducing energy use

• nonrenewable resource
• fossil fuel
• petroleum
• energy conservation

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Match the definition to the term:
the percentage of input work that is converted to output work

• inexhaustible resource
• efficiency
• fuel
• natural resource

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Match the definition to the term:
fuel made from living things

• solar energy
• nuclear fission
• hydroelectric power
• biomass fuel

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Which non-renewable resource produces the most air pollution?

• nuclear energy

• wind energy

• solar energy

• coal

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Which of the following substances is fuel used in nuclear power plants?

• peat

• wood

• uranium

• coal

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Which of the following energy types is not a fossil fuel?

• Natural gas

• Geothermal

• Petroleum

• Coal

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Which is not true about geothermal energy?

• minimal environmental impact

• low start-up costs

• very efficient production of energy

• geothermal reservoirs are naturally replenished

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Which is NOT a benefit of wind energy?

• low or no emissions

• requires small or reduced land use

• low operational and maintenance costs

• renewable source of power

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Hydroelectric power produces electricity using.....

• Wind
• Sunlight
• Moving water
• Dung

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Petroleum and natural gas form from...

• strong winds
• cooled magma
• radioactive materials
• remains of plants and animals 

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What characteristic do all renewable resources share?

• Produced by waste products
• Form underground from dead organisms.
  
• Replaced in a short period of time
• Allow energy to pass through them easily

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Which of the following is a fossil fuel?

• Wind
• Coal
• Solar
• Biomass

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Splitting atoms creates nuclear energy and what other type of energy?

• electrical

• thermal

• sound

• light

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Nuclear fission is a process where the nucleus of an atom splits into two smaller nuclei.

• True

• False

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Where does nuclear energy come from?

• Electric generators

• radioactive elements

• fossil fuels

• geothermal energy

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All of the following are uses of fossil fuels EXCEPT

• to produce electrical energy

• gasoline

• to heat homes

• windmills

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All of the following are fossil fuels EXCEPT

• oil

• water

• coal

• natural gas

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What are fossil fuels?

• energy producers that comes from radioactive elements

• a natural product that can be changed into other energy forms to do work

• energy resources that formed from buried plants and animals that lived a very long time ago

• resources that are replaced faster than they are used

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What is an energy resource?

• a natural product that can be changed into other energy forms to do work

• something formed from buried plants and animals

• force that opposes motion

• resource that can never be replaced