Kinetic and Potential Energy Quiz

The ability to do work or cause change is called _________________.

• endangered

• consumers

• energy

• producers

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What are the two kinds of energy?

• biotic and abiotic

• producers and consumers

• positive and negative

• potential and kinetic

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Energy involves ________________.

• movement

• color

• food

• shape

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What is kinetic energy?

• The energy an object has due to its position.

• The energy an object has due to its motion.

• The energy an object has due to its atomic structure in the nucleus.

• The energy an object has due to the bonds of atoms and molecules.

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Potential energy is ____________________________________.

• energy that can be created

• energy that can be destroyed

• energy that is stored/waiting

• energy from heat

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Imagine that you are bowling. You release the ball and it travels down the lane and knocks all of the pins down. You have bowled a strike! This is an example of _________ energy.

• potential

• kinetic

• biotic

• scavenger

The Hunger Games Movie Science! Katniss has just pulled back on her bow and arrow. This is an example of ________________ energy.

• potential

• kinetic

• geothermal

• electrical

A baseball that is flying through the air has ___________ energy.

• potential

• geothermal

• kinetic

• electric

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Which of the following is the best example of potential energy?

• A frog leaping from lily pad to lily pad.

• A ball rolling down a ramp.

• A stretched rubber band.

• A skier gliding down the slope.

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Humans get all of our energy from eating things. Plants get their energy from the ___________. In fact, nearly all the energy on our planet comes from the ___________.

• sun

• moon

• decomposers

• atoms