Energy and Power Quiz

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be:

• Communicated

• Converted

• Optimized

• Synthesized

Energy takes two major forms, What are they?

In a conventional coal fired electrical power plant the turbine turning the generator is an example of what energy form conversion?

• Chemical to nuclear

• Mechanical to electrical

• Radiant to mechanical

• Thermal to chemical

Which forms of energy does the M.E.L.T.S acronym represent?

In your own words, what does the Law of Conservation of Energy tell us about energy?

Energy is defined as the ability to do:

• Converting

• Work

• Motion

• Transfers

The amount of kinetic energy a moving object has is affected by its speed and (a)  

When our food is digested, what type of energy is converted?

• Mechanical

• Nuclear

• Chemical

• Thermal

Mechanical energy combines which two types of energy?

• Radiant and kinetic

• Potential and chemical

• Kinetic and gravitational

• Potential and kinetic

Pick which types of energy are present in a microwave:

• Thermal

• Electromagnetic

• Electric

• Radiant