Investing Energy

How could you give a basketball the greatest amount of potential energy?

• Throw it faster

• Set it on the edge of a table

• Set it on the ground

• Roll it down a hill

What do an exploding star and running child have in common?

• They are creating energy

• Kinetic energy is their energy source

• They are converting energy

• They are destroying energy

What is energy?

• Light, sound, and heat

• The ability to cause change

• The forms of light from the sun

• The ability to move from place to place

Which of the following has chemical energy?

• Heat

• Light

• Sound

• Oil

What is the difference between heat and temperature?

• Temperature is energy made from moving molecules; heat measures this energy.

• There is no difference

• Heat is the thermal energy; temperature is the degree or measure of thermal energy.

• Heat and temperature are two different forms of energy

Energy changing from one form to another is called ________________________.

• an energy law

• an energy coversion

• an energy conservation

• an energy change

What type of energy is always made when one form of energy turners into another form of energy?

• Sound

• Light

• Kinetic

• Heat

What type of energy is released when the nuclei of atoms are joined or split?

• Chemical

• Heat

• Nuclear

• Electricity

Electrical energy is the energy of _________________________________.

• moving electrons.

• atoms that are put together or split apart.

• the moving molecules inside a substance.

• waves moving through a substance.

Which of the following is a nonrenewable source of energy?

• Energy from the wind.

• Energy from oil.

• Energy from the sun.

• Energy from the heat within the Earth.