Analyzing Energy Practice Quiz

Niagara Falls is a good example of

• Kinetic energy being transformed into potential energy

• Potential energy being transformed into kinetic energy

• Energy being created

• 
  Energy being destroyed

Which energy-conversion process occurs whenever coal is burned at a power station?

• 
  chemical to nuclear

• chemical to sound

• chemical to electrical

• mechanical to electrical

When energy moves from one form to another it is said to be _________________

• transformed

• eliminated

• destroyed

• created

Which has the most kinetic energy?

• a basketball rolling down a hill

• a bus stopped at the top of a hill

• a dump truck driving down a hill

• 
  a golf ball sitting at the top of the hill

Which is an example of chemical energy?

• 
  a horse pulling a cart

• 
  a dog digesting food

• a marching band in a parade

The energy associated with motion is called

• Kinetic energy

• 
  Elastic energy

• gravitational energy

• nuclear energy

An example of something that stores chemical energy is

• lightning

• a microwave

• a match

When you rub your hands together on a cold day, you use friction to convert

• mechanical energy to thermal energy

• thermal energy to nuclear energy

• nuclear energy to electrical energy

• electrical energy to radiant energy

Which of the following has kinetic energy?

• a rock poised for a fall

• an archer's bow that is drawn back

• a rolling bowling ball

When riding a roller coaster, you go up and down many hills. When do you have the maximum potential energy? 

• 
  at the top of the hill

• as you go down each hill

• at the bottom of the each hill

• as you go up each hill