Chapter 1 Energy Quiz

Which type of energy is formed by vibrating objects?

• light energy

• sound energy

• thermal energy

• electrical energy

What type of energy does moving water have?

• electrical

• kinetic

• thermal

• potential

What is the ability to cause motion or create change?

• energy

• frequency

• pitch

• amplitude

What is energy that is sent out in waves that when it hits your skin, warms you

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• frequency

Energy that is stored in an object is what kind of energy?

• potential

• light

• thermal

• electrical

What do you call the number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time?

• amplitude

• wavelength

• pitch

• frequency

_____________ is the measure of how strong a sound seems to us.

• pitch

• frequency

• amplitude

• volume

_________ is the distance between a point on one wave and a similar point on the next wave.

• pitch

• wavelength

• frequency

• volume

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

• radiation

• convection

• frequency

• conduction

_____________ is the transfer of thermal energy as matter moves.

• conduction

• radiation

• convection

• thermal