Forms of Energy

Energy is the ability to______________

• use gravity

• hold object

• cause change

A moving truck has more energy than a parked truck.

• sound

• kinetic

• potential

A large truck parked on a hill has more energy than a car parked next to it.

• sound

• kinetic

• potential

Which situation is an example of work?

• a person sitting in a parked car

• a person holding several tools

• a person hitting a pitched baseball

Which type of energy is the total energy in an object or group of objects?

• mechanical

• sound

• radiant

Radiant energy is

• released when nuclei split

• stored in a stretched rubber band

• carried by electromagnetic waves

Elastic potential energy is

• stored in a stretched rubber band

• transferred by heat

• used when your body moves

Nuclear energy is

• carried by electromagnetic waves

• released when nuclei split

• transferred by heat

Thermal energy is _

• transferred by heat

• used when your body moves

• carried by electromagnetic waves

Chemical energy is

• carried by electromagnetic waves

• used when your body moves

• transferred by heat