Energy and Water Cycle Review

The definition of energy is

• ability to make objects move

• ability to make objects stop

• ability to cause change

• ability to use electricity

True or False. The law of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed so the total amount of energy in the universe is constant

• True

• False

The amount of energy stored in a resting object is called

• Potential energy

• Kinetic energy

• Electromagnetic energy

• Electrical energy

Which of the following is an example of gravitational potential energy?

• A moving car

• A rock resting on a ledge

• A stretched rubber band

• None of these are examples of GPE

An archer pulls back on a bow string causing the bow to bend (stretch). What energy does the bow have?

• Kinetic energy

• Gravitational potential energy

• Elastic potential energy

• Radiant energy

Food, gasoline, and biomass are all examples of what form of energy

• Kinetic energy

• Chemical potential energy

• Sound energy

• Gravitational potential energy

Nuclear fission (splitting the nucleus of an atom) releases what form of energy?

• Chemical potential energy

• Elastic potential energy

• Nuclear potential energy

• Gravitational potential energy

Energy resulting from motion is called

• Potential energy

• Kinetic energy

• Gravitational potential energy

• Elastic potential energy

Energy due to the movement of charged particles (electrons) is what form of energy?

• Electrical energy

• Sound energy

• Thermal energy

• Potential energy

Light, microwaves, and x-rays are all examples of what form of energy?

• Electrical energy

• Sound energy

• Radiant energy

• Potential energy