Energy

What is energy?

• push and pull

• motion

• the ability to do work

• force

Plants need ________ energy to make food.

• heat

• sound

• chemical

• light

Which statement about energy is correct?

• energy can be destroyed but cannot be created

• energy can be converted and can be created

• energy cannot be destroyed and cannot be converted

• energy can be converted but cannot be created

The amount of _________ energy an object has depends on its speed and mass.

• kinetic

• gravitational potential

• elastic potential

• chemical potential

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The higher an object is from the ground, the greater the amount of ____________ energy it has.

• chemical potential

• elastic potential

• gravitational potential

• kinetic

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Objects that can be stretched and compressed can possess ______________ energy.

• chemical potential

• elastic potential

• kinetic

• gravitational potential

The food we eat and the batteries we use both have ________ energy.

• gravitational potential

• electrical

• kinetic

• chemical potential

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Overhead or underground cables help transport __________ energy.

• gravitational potential

• electrical

• chemical potential

• heat

__________ energy causes wet clothes to dry.

• heat

• light

• electrical

• sound

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Which person has the least gravitational potential energy?

• person C

• person B

• person A

• none of them

• all of them

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