Energy Unit Review

Using the picture provided, what is the energy transformation that occurs when ball A is dropped?

• Elastic Potential to Gravitational Potential

• Gravitational Potential to Kinetic

• Gravitational Potential to Elastic Potential

• Kinetic to Gravitational Potential

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Which of the following examples has only potential energy?

• a ball moving through the air

• a ball rolling down a hill

• a ball sitting on a shelf

• a ball thrown upward

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What is energy?

• Anything that has mass and takes up space

• The ability to do wok

• The ability to stand still

• The product of force and distance

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Identify all the examples of kinetic energy

• branch floating down a waterfall

• lava pouring out of a volcano

• leaf hanging on a branch

• seashell washing up on a beach

• sheep standing on the edge of a cliff

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At which point on the track does the train have the greatest amount of potential energy?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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Solar energy from the ancient past is stored in

• convection

• heat energy

• fossil fuels

• radiation

Identify each example of a nonrenewable energy source

• Biomass

• Coal

• Geothermal

• Natural Gas

• Nuclear Power

Identify all of the renewable resources

• Biofuels

• Coal

• Geothermal

• Nuclear

• Solar

Which of the following is a disadvantage to using nuclear energy?

• air pollution

• hazardous waste products

• heat

• flooding

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Using the graph pictured , the fossil fuel supplying the most energy is

• Coal

• Hydroelectric

• Natural Gas

• Petroleum