Energy Quiz

Energy that is stored in an object is called...

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• stored energy

____ is the ability to cause motion or create change.

• Energy

• Potential

• Work

The energy of motion is...

• kinetic energy

• mechanical energy

• potential energy

Which kinds of energy are used when you turn on a television?

• light, sound, and kinetic

• electrical, light, and kinetic

• electrical, light, and sound

• kinetic, light, and potential

The faster the particles inside an object move, the more ___ the object has.

• light energy

• kinetic energy

• thermal energy

• potential energy

___ is the transfer of heat as matter moves.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Energy sent out in waves is...

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

The transfer of heat that occurs when one thing touches another is ...

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

How is heat transferred to a car parked in the sun all day?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

Which is an example of friction producing heat?

• rubbing your hands together to warm them

• taking a hot shower

• a light bulb getting hot after being turned on

• the sun heating a blacktop surface