Quiz about Forms of Energy

Question 1

What type of energy is in this picture?

Accepted Answer

Potential

Answer

Kinetic

Answer

Electromagnetic

Question 2

When plants convert the sun's energy into food, which type of energy does the sun energy become?

Accepted Answer

chemical

Answer

kinetic

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thermal

Question 3

What kind of energy?

Accepted Answer

Thermal (kinetic) energy

Answer

Thermal (potential) energy

Answer

Nuclear (kinetic) energy

Answer

Mechanical (kinetic) energy

Question 4

What form of energy?

Accepted Answer

Mechanical

Answer

Thermal

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Electrical

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Radiant

Question 5

What kind of energy?

Accepted Answer

Electrical

Answer

Radiant

Answer

Thermal

Answer

Chemical

Question 6

What kind of energy?

Accepted Answer

Chemical (potential) energy

Answer

Thermal (kinetic) energy

Answer

Chemical (kinetic) energy

Answer

Mechanical (kinetic) energy

Question 7

Which form of energy is being released?

Accepted Answer

Light (kinetic)

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light (potential)

Answer

chemical (kinetic)

Answer

Electrical (kinetic)

Question 8

What form of energy is stored in the bonds between molecules of matter?

Accepted Answer

chemical energy

Answer

heat energy

Answer

kinetic energy

Answer

mechanical energy

Question 9

the ability to do work

Accepted Answer

energy

Answer

Matter

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photons

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potential energy

Question 10

Stored energy that results from the position or shape of an object is called...

Accepted Answer

Potential

Answer

Thermal

Answer

Kinetic

Answer

Gravitational

Question 11

Lightning during a thunderstorm is an example of what form of energy?

Accepted Answer

Electrical (kinetic) energy

Answer

Radiant (potential) energy

Answer

Radiant (kinetic) energy

Answer

Electrical (potential) energy

Question 12

A baseball held by a pitcher has _____________energy.

Accepted Answer

Potential

Answer

Kinetic

Answer

Chemical

Answer

Thermal

Question 13

Stored energy between atoms, ions, and molecule is __________________ energy?

Accepted Answer

Potential (Chemical) Energy

Answer

Kinetic (Chemical) Energy

Answer

Potential (Nuclear) Energy

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Kinetic (Nuclear) Energy

Question 14

At what position does the rock have the greatest kinetic energy?

Accepted Answer

E

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A

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B

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D

Question 15

This would be...

Accepted Answer

Sound (potential) energy

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Sound (kinetic) energy

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Mechanical (kinetic) energy

Question 16

What form of energy is being used when a person hits a tennis ball with a tennis racket?

Accepted Answer

mechanical energy

Answer

thermal energy

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sound energy

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light energy

Question 17

What kind of energy is associated with vibrations?

Accepted Answer

sound energy

Answer

mechanical energy

Answer

electrical energy

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light energy

Question 18

What type of energy increases as molecules move faster?

Accepted Answer

thermal energy

Answer

mechanical energy

Answer

electrical energy

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sound energy

Question 19

The boy tossed the ball it fell to the ground. Why?

Accepted Answer

because of gravity

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magnetism

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because of buoyancy

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because of friction

Question 20

Which of these actions, on their own, will cause ice to change to water? Remember, hot --- > cold

Accepted Answer

adding heat to the ice

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removing heat from the ice

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adding sand to the ice

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crushing the ice

Question 21

GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY DEPENDS ON

Accepted Answer

WEIGHT AND HEIGHT

Answer

MASS AND VELOCITY

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MASS AND WEIGHT

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HEIGHT AND DISTANCE

Question 22

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF POTENTIAL ENERGY?

Accepted Answer

A BALL TRAVELING AT 10 M/S

Answer

A COMPRESSED SPRING

Answer

WATER BEING STORED AT A WATER DAM

Answer

A STRETCHED RUBBER BAND

Question 23

YOUR BODY OBTAINS ENERGY FROM THE FOOD YOU EAT. WHAT IS THE FORM OF ENERGY IN FOOD?

Accepted Answer

CHEMICAL

Answer

KINETIC

Answer

ELASTIC

Answer

GRAVITATIONAL

Question 24

WHEN AN ARCHER BENDS A BOW, WHAT TYPE OF ENERGY INCREASES IN THE BOW?

Accepted Answer

ELASTIC

Answer

GRAVITATIONAL

Answer

KINETIC

Answer

THERMAL

Question 25

WHAT ANOTHER NAME FOR THERMAL ENERGY?

Accepted Answer

HEAT ENERGY

Answer

ITS SIZE

Answer

ITS POTENTIAL ENERGY

Answer

ITS MECHANICAL ENERGY

Question 26

WHICH OF THESE DESCRIBES THE LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY?

Accepted Answer

ENERGY IS NEITHER CREATED OR DESTROYED

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NO MACHINE IS 100% EFFICIENT

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THE ENERGY RESOURCES OF EARTH ARE LIMITED

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THE ENERGY OF A SYSTEM IS ALWAYS DECREASING

Question 27

AS A ROLLER COASTER MOVES DOWN A HILL, POTENTIAL ENERGY IS CONVERTED INTO KINETIC ENERGY, THERMAL ENERGY, AND SOUND ENERGY. WHAT IS TRUE ABOUT THE TOTAL ENERGY OF THIS SYSTEM?

Accepted Answer

THE TOTAL ENERGY REMAINS THE SAME AS THE ROLLER COASTER MOVES

Answer

ENERGY IS GAINED (CREATED) AS THE ROLLER COASTER MOVES

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ENERGY IS LOST (DESTROYED) AS THE ROLLER COASTER MOVES

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THE TOTAL ENERGY CONSTANTLY CHANGES AS THE ROLLER COASTER MOVES

Question 28

SAM STUDIED KINETIC AND POTENTIAL ENERGY BY OBSERVING APPLES HANGING ON A TREE DURING A FIELD INVESTIGATION. WHAT TYPE OF ENERGY DO THE APPLES HAVE?

Accepted Answer

GRAVITATIONAL

Answer

KINETIC

Answer

MECHANICAL

Answer

ELASTIC

Question 29

What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?

Accepted Answer

Kinetic

Answer

Potential

Question 30

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

Accepted Answer

Potential

Answer

Kinetic

Question 31

What kind of energy is in flowerpot sitting on a windowsill?

Accepted Answer

Potential

Answer

Kinetic

Question 32

What kind of energy is in a battery?

Accepted Answer

Potential

Answer

Kinetic

Question 33

Which is the best example that something has kinetic energy?

Accepted Answer

b. a tennis ball rolling across the court

Answer

a. a car parked on a steep hill

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c. a picture hanging on the wall

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d. a piece of coal before it's burned

Question 34

Which point has the most potential energy?

Accepted Answer

a

Answer

G

Answer

f

Answer

b

Question 35

How much potential energy is at the top of a hill on a rollar coaster ride

Accepted Answer

100%

Answer

50%

Answer

0%

Answer

20%

Question 36

What kind of energy is in basketball passing through the hoop?

Accepted Answer

Kinetic

Answer

Potential

Question 37

What kind of energy is in a waving hand?

Accepted Answer

Kinetic

Answer

Potential

Question 38

What kind of energy is in an acorn hanging from an oak tree?

Accepted Answer

Potential

Answer

Kinetic

Question 39

A basketball is being held in the hands of a player.

Accepted Answer

Potential

Answer

Kinetic

Question 40

Girl serving a volleyball

Accepted Answer

Kinetic

Answer

Potential

Question 41

Gravitational potential energy depends on the ________ and ________ of the object.

Accepted Answer

Height and mass

Answer

Friction and movement

Answer

Mass and Movement

Answer

Height and Friction

Question 42

When you stretch a rubber band, you are storing __________ energy.

Accepted Answer

potential

Answer

kinetic

Answer

none of the above

Answer

all of the above

Question 43

Which would have the greatest gravitational potential energy?

Accepted Answer

A 45lb dog in an oak tree

Answer

A 4lb rat on a school desk

Answer

A 14 pound platypus on a swing

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A 45lb child on a bike

Question 44

A volleyball is the hands of a player is _______energy

Accepted Answer

potential

Answer

kinetic

Answer

chemical

Answer

mechanical

Question 45

When an archer bends a bow , __________energy increases.

Accepted Answer

elastic

Answer

energy

Answer

chemical

Answer

magnetic

Question 46

___________% of potential energy is at the top of a hill on a roller coaster ride

Accepted Answer

100

Answer

50

Answer

75

Answer

10

Question 47

An apple hanging from a tree branch has ____________ energy

Accepted Answer

potential

Answer

kinetic

Answer

nuclear

Answer

elastic

Question 48

We know that energy is always connected because it is ________ from object to object

Accepted Answer

transferred

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created

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destroyed

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erased

Question 49

A lit match has __________ energy

Accepted Answer

chemical

Answer

nuclear

Answer

magnetic

Answer

potential

Question 50

Kinetic energy increases in molecules of matter when __________ also increases.

Accepted Answer

temperature

Answer

matter

Answer

gravity

Answer

chemicals

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