Energy Types and Transformations Practice Test

Match the following types of energy to its definition

• heat

• Chemical

• the transfer of electromagnetic waves across space

• Sound

• disturbance in a medium that causes detectable vibrations

• thermal

• the flow of electrons across a conductive medium

• light

• the potential energy stored in covalent and ionic bonds

• Electrical

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Match the following energies to the definition.

• Potential energy caused by the bending of space by matter calculated mgh

• Gravitational

• The total energy in a system

• Mechanical

• transfer of light energy that diminishes with distance

• Nuclear

• The chemical potential energy stored in atoms

• Radiant

• The amount of heat in a system calculated 0.5mv²

• Kinetic

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Reorder the following from least PE to most PE for planet Earth.

• 900 kg weight 0.1 m high

• 100kg weight 5 meters high

• 10kg weight 10 meters high

• 12kg weight 8 meters high

• 3kg weight 900 meters high

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Reorder the following from most kinetic energy to least kinetic energy.

• 0.2kg mass traveling 1000 m/s

• 3kg mass traveling 100 m/s

• 10 kg mass traveling 10 m/s

• 200kg mass traveling at 10 m/s

• 2000kg mass traveling 2 m/s

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Which specific type of energy is at point A?

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The SI Unit for Energy is

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If the Total Mechanical Energy is 50J, Potential Energy is 40 J, what is the Kinetic Energy?

The law of energy conservation says the total energy before the change _______ the total energy after it

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Which specific type of energy is at point B?

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If 4000J of energy is transferred and 2500J is usefully stored, how much energy is wasted?

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