Energy Transfers and Transformations Quiz

What are the two main categories of energy?

• Mechanical energy and electrical energy

• Thermal energy and sound energy

• Chemical energy and nuclear energy

• Potential energy and kinetic energy

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What determines the potential energy of an object?

• Its shape and color

• Its temperature and pressure

• Its position or condition

• Its speed and mass

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What happens to the kinetic energy of a bowling ball when it hits the bowling pins?

• It transforms into potential energy

• It remains the same

• It decreases, moving to the pins

• It increases, absorbing energy from the pins

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What is energy transfer?

• The creation of energy

• The destruction of energy

• The flow of energy through a system

• The conversion of energy into matter

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What happens to the potential energy of water as it flows downhill?

• It decreases

• It increases

• It remains the same

• It transforms into kinetic energy

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What is the law of conservation of energy?

• Energy can be created but not destroyed

• Energy cannot be created or destroyed

• Energy can be destroyed but not created

• Energy can be created and destroyed

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What do solar panels convert into electricity?

• Light energy

• Heat energy

• Sound energy

• Mechanical energy

Energy of motion is

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• elastic energy

• chemical energy

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______________________ occurs when energy changes from one form to another.

• Energy transformation

• Energy transfer

• Energy balance

• Energy equilibrium

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_______________________ is stored energy to position or arrangement of particles in an object.

• Kinetic energy

• Potential energy

• Thermal energy

• Electrical energy

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