Quiz about Forms of Energy

Question 1

What is energy? Choose the best answer.

Accepted Answer

Anything that makes matter move or change.

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Anything that radiates light or heat.

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Anything that travels in the form of a wave.

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Any object in motion.

Question 2

Which of these objects has kinetic energy?

Accepted Answer

A ball moving through the air.

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A ball sitting on a table.

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A ball buried underground.

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A ball sitting on the edge of a cliff.

Question 3

What is the difference between kinetic energy and potential energy?

Accepted Answer

Potential energy is the energy of objects at rest; kinetic energy is the energy of objects in motion.

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Kinetic energy is the energy of objects at rest; potential energy is the energy of objects in motion.

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Potential energy has to do with chemistry; kinetic energy has to do with physics.

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Kinetic energy has to do with chemistry; potential energy has to do with physics.

Question 4

Which of the following objects has the most potential energy?

Accepted Answer

A ball sitting on a mountaintop.

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A ball sitting on a table.

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A ball resting on the ground.

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A ball that's been thrown into the air.

Question 5

Which of the following terms is synonymous with potential energy?

Accepted Answer

Stored energy

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Motion energy

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Light energy

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Kinetic energy

Question 6

What is the primary source of all light energy on earth?

Accepted Answer

The Sun

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Lightning

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Volcanoes

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The Moon

Question 7

What do wind and moving water have in common?

Accepted Answer

They both have mechanical energy.

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They both have chemical energy.

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They both have light energy.

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They both have nuclear energy.

Question 8

How is nuclear energy released?

Accepted Answer

By atoms fusing together or splitting apart

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By burning fuel

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By moving turbines

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By chemicals mixing

Question 9

Kinetic and potential energy are the two types of energy that relate to:

Accepted Answer

Motion

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Change

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Friction

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Density

Question 10

What is potential energy?

Accepted Answer

The stored energy of an object due to its position or condition.

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The energy that an object has due to its motion.

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The energy an object has due to its speed.

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The energy an object has due to its volume.

Question 11

What is kinetic energy?

Accepted Answer

The energy that an object has due to its motion.

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The stored energy of an object due to its position or condition.

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The energy an object has due to its existence.

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The energy an object has due to its volume.

Question 12

The amount of kinetic energy an object has depends on its:

Accepted Answer

Mass and speed.

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Mass and volume.

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Volume and friction.

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Speed and density.

Question 13

Which of the following has the most kinetic energy?

Accepted Answer

A tractor-trailer traveling at 80 kph.

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A car traveling at 80 kph.

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A cheetah running at 80 kph.

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A motorcycle traveling at 80 kph.

Question 14

When is kinetic energy transferred from object to object?

Accepted Answer

When those objects collide

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When those objects pass one another

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When the first object outweighs the second object

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When the first object has more potential energy than the second object

Question 15

In a generator, kinetic energy is transformed into:

Accepted Answer

Electrical energy

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Motion

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Potential energy

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Solar power

Question 16

The code to claim the gauntlet is 27534!

Accepted Answer

27534

Answer

Wrong

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