Energy Quiz

According to the Law of Conservation of Energy, when energy changes from one form to another, the total energy of that system

• increases

• decreases

• remains the same

A skier at the top of the mountain

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

A race-car traveling at its maximum speed

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

Gasoline in a storage tank

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

Falling rocks from the top of a mountain

• Heat

• Sound

• Mechanical

Release of energy from the Sun

• Sound

• Heat

• Electrical

Batteries

• Radiant

• Chemical

• Sound

A battery that runs a moving toy

• chemical to mechanical

• chemical to radiant

• radiant to mechanical

A person lifting a chair

• chemical to radiant

• chemical to mechanical

• chemical to thermal

Gasoline powering a car

• mechanical to chemical

• mechanical to thermal

• chemical to mechanical