Understanding Energy: Types and Conservation

What is energy primarily defined as?

• The ability to exist

• The ability to destroy matter

• The ability to do work

• The ability to create matter

What type of energy is stored due to an object's position?

• Potential energy

• Electrical energy

• Thermal energy

• Kinetic energy

How is energy measured?

• In calories

• In newtons

• In joules

• In watts

Which type of potential energy is stored in a stretched rubber band?

• Gravitational energy

• Chemical energy

• Nuclear energy

• Elastic energy

What type of energy is found inside the nucleus of an atom?

• Elastic energy

• Mechanical energy

• Nuclear energy

• Chemical energy

What type of potential energy is a rock on a hill an example of?

• Elastic energy

• Nuclear energy

• Gravitational energy

• Chemical energy

What type of energy does a moving car have?

• Mechanical energy

• Chemical energy

• Nuclear energy

• Gravitational energy

What is kinetic energy?

• Energy due to position

• Energy due to motion

• Energy stored in bonds

• Energy in static objects

What happens to energy according to the law of conservation of energy?

• It can be created and destroyed

• It can only be transformed

• It is always lost over time

• It can be stored indefinitely without loss

Which energy transformation occurs in photosynthesis?

• Electrical to light

• Light to chemical

• Chemical to mechanical

• Mechanical to electrical