GRADE 8 SCIENCE QUIZ

1. Which of the following best describes kinetic energy?

• A. Active energy

• B. Stored energy

• C. Energy in motion

• D. Stored and active

2. Which of the following situations shows energy in motion?

• A. An orbiting fan

• B. A broom stick placed on a divan

• C. A student leaning on the chalkboard

• D. A bulletin board attached on the wall

3. Which of the following situations shows stored energy or energy at rest?

• A. A traveling tricycles

• B. An athlete running on the field

• C. A flower vase placed on the table

• D. A laborer pushing a crate on the floor

4. What is present in a revolving planet, a running car and an electron in an atom?

• A. Kinetic energy

• B.Nuclear energy

• C.Elastic potential energy

• D. Gravitational potential energy

5. Which is true regarding an object that is moving faster?

• A . It has more kinetic energy

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• B. It has more potential energy

• C. Its kinetic energy remains the same

• D. Its potential energy increases quadratic all

6. Which of the following affects the gravitational potential energy of an object?

• A. Height and mass

• B. Mass and velocity

• C. Height and weight

• D. Velocity and height

7. Two objects with different masses are placed on the same shelf. Which has more potential energy?

• A. The object with lesser mass

• B. The object with greater mass

• C. Both have the same amount of potential energy

• D. Neither has potential energy because they are not moving

8. Which is true to both kinetic energy and potential energy?

• A. Both are mechanical energies

• B. Both can be created and destroyed

• C. Both cannot be transformed into another type of energy

• D. Both have mass, gravity, height and velocity as its components

9. Which of the following statements is true regarding either potential or kinetic energy?

• A. The position of an object affects its potential energy.

• B. An object’s mass has no effect on its potential energy.

• C. The speed of an object does not determine its kinetic energy.

• D. The Earth’s gravity influence the kinetic energy of an object.

10. If you increase the speed of the object, what quantity will increase?

• A. Kinetic energy

• B. Nuclear energy

• C.Elastic potential energ

• D. Gravitational potential energy