Types of Energy Review

Imagine you're a tiny electron, zipping along a wire. What type of energy are you creating with your movement?

• Thermal Energy

• Nuclear Energy

• Electrical Energy

• Chemical Energy

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Imagine you're at a rock concert and the music is so loud, you can feel the vibrations! What type of energy is causing those vibrations?

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Sound Energy

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Imagine you're a tiny atom, and you've got a bunch of buddies clinging onto you. What kind of energy are you all storing together?

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Nuclear Energy

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Imagine you're a superhero, flying through the sky at incredible speeds! What type of energy is your super-speed giving you?

• Kinetic Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Chemical Energy

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Imagine you're an atom. What kind of energy is stored in your tiny nucleus?

• Nuclear Energy

• Solar Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Kinetic Energy

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Imagine you're a superhero who can see different types of energy! Which type of energy would you be seeing if you could detect the movement of electromagnetic waves?

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

• Radiant Energy

• Thermal Energy

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Imagine you're a superhero who can absorb energy! What kind of energy would you be soaking up when you're stretching a giant rubber band or squishing a stress ball?

• Kinetic Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Elastic Energy

Imagine you're an astronaut floating in space, far from Earth. You have a certain amount of energy stored between you and our home planet, based on how far you are and your own mass. What do we call this energy?

• Kinetic Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

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Imagine you're a tiny particle inside an object, bouncing around with all your particle friends. What type of energy are you all creating?

• Thermal Energy

• Potential Energy
• Chemical Energy
• Nuclear Energy

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Match the following:

• Energy caused by the motion of an object

• Something that Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy have in common:

• Mass and Velocity (speed) of the object.

• (Gravitational) Potential Energy is based on...

• Any energy that is stored by an object.

• Kinetic Energy

• Mass

• Kinetic Energy is based on...

• Mass and Distance (height) of an object.

• Potential Energy

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