Energy Assessment

Which description best describes energy in action (kinetic energy)?

• A. a leaf falling from a tree

• B. a car parked on a steeply slanted driveway

• C. a softball sitting on a shelf

2. Which one of the items would have the greatest amount of potential energy?

• A. a leaf falling from a tree

• B. a car parked on a steeply slanted driveway

• C. a softball sitting on a shelf

3. What forms of energy are produced by a light bulb?

• A. heat and elastic

• B. light and elastic

• C. heat and light

4. A oven transfers electrical energy to what form of energy?

• A. elastic

• B. sound

• C. heat

5. Jim is playing the drums in the garage. What type of energy transfer is occurring?

• A. Electrical energy transformed into sound

• B. Kinetic (motion) energy transformed into sound energy

• C. Sound energy transformed into light energy

If you wanted to measure the amount of heat energy that your hot chocolate contains, what would you use?

• a radiometer

• an anemometer

• a thermometer

7. What type of energy is being shown in the pot of boiling water?

• A. gravitational and heat

• B. heat and electrical

• C. elastic and gravitational

8. Which sentence best describes insulation?

• A. a material that speeds up heat transfer

• B. a material that allows heat energy to transfer through it easily

• C. a material that slows down heat energy transfers

9. What is energy?

• A. the ability of plants to make their own food

• B. the ability to do work

• C. the ability to generate electricity

10. Melissa is rubbing two sticks together. The friction caused from this turns into:

• A. gravitational energy

• B. heat energy

• C. potential energy