Energy Quiz

An object that is moving very fast has a large amount of ... energy

• elastic potential

• kinetic

• magnetic

• gravitational potential

Batteries are stores of:

• Chemical energy

• Electrical energy

• Nuclear energy

When a skydiver jumps out a plane, as she is falling to the ground she is also heating up slightly from the friction with the air particles. Right before she jumps, what energy store does she have a lot of?

• Gravitational potential energy store

• Internal energy

• Electrostatic potential energy

• Elastic potential energy store

The unit for energy is...

• Watt

• Joule

• Newton

• Kilogram

What type of energy is stored in a wind up toy?

• Heat

• Elastic potential

• Gravitational potential

The definition of the Conservation of Energy is...

• Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only stored, transferred or dissipated.

• Energy cannot be transferred, only created or destroyed.

• Energy cannot be destroyed, only stored or transferred.

• Energy cannot be stored, only transferred.

What pathway transfers energy from a battery to a lamp?

• mechanical

• radiation

• electrical

What type of energy store is stored in objects that are warm or hot, such as a cup of tea?

• Gravitational

• Thermal

• Chemical

Which word do we use to describe energy moving from one store to another?

• Movement

• Creating

• Energising

• Transfer

What pathway transfers energy from the sun to a solar panel?

• electrical

• mechanical

• Radiation