Energy Vocab

Which of the following best describes kinetic energy?

• Energy stored in an object due to its position

• Energy an object possesses due to its motion

• Energy stored in chemical bonds

• Energy stored in a compressed spring

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What type of energy is stored in a stretched rubber band?

• Kinetic energy

• Gravitational potential energy

• Elastic potential energy

• Chemical potential energy

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

• A moving car

• A compressed spring

• A battery

• A rock at the top of a hill

Which of the following best describes the law of conservation of energy?

• Energy can be created and destroyed, it is just very hard to do

• Energy can be transformed from one form to another, or transferred to another object

• Energy is always lost as heat

• Energy is only conserved in closed systems

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What happens to the energy in a system according to the law of conservation of energy?

• It increases over time

• It decreases over time

• It remains constant

• It is converted entirely to heat

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When a spring is compressed, what type of energy is stored in it?

• Kinetic energy

• Gravitational potential energy

• Elastic potential energy

• Chemical potential energy

What is Energy?

• The transfer energy when a force is applied over a distance.

• The ability to cause change or the ability to do work.

• The energy of an object has because of its motion.

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The electrical energy of the stove is transferred to _____ energy.

• Solar

• Thermal

• Potential

• Electrical

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

• A stretched rubber band

• A book on a shelf

• A moving bicycle

• A charged battery

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Name the energy transformations taking place when I plug in my radio and it begins playing.

• Thermal to mechanical to electrical

• Radiant to chemical

• Electrical to sound