Topic 3 Review

Which of the following is not a form of energy?

• light

• sound

• air

• electricity

How can you increase your power when stacking shoe boxes in a closet?

• Spend more time stacking the boxes

• Stack fewer boxes per minute

• Slowly stack the boxes on a lower shelf

• Stack the boxes more quickly

An object is in motion if

• its position changes relative to its surroundings

• energy is applied to the object

• a force is applied to it

• it loses energy

Kinetic energy is the energy of

• motion

• potential

• gravity

• distance

Which of the following is the best example of increasing an object's potential energy?

• rolling a bowling ball

• turning on a light bulb

• stretching a rubber band

• dropping a pencil

Gravitational potential energy is affected by the object's weight and the object's:

In the process of fusion, nuclear energy is

• absorbed when a nucleus splits

• released when a nucleus splits

• released when nuclei join

• absorbed when nuclei switch places

Which of the following is a type of energy that is not involved in the human body's everyday processes?

• mechanical energy

• nuclear energy

• thermal energy

• chemical energy

An increase in the movement of particles in a substance is associated with an increase in what type of energy?

Chemical energy is a form of what type of energy?