Potential Energy - Vocabulary Quiz

A counterweight trebuchet is a machine that uses ______ to hurl projectiles.

• Electricity

• Gravity

• Wind

• Water

What is gravitational potential energy?

• A) Energy due to motion

• B) Energy stored due to height in a gravitational field

• C) Energy from chemical reactions

• D) Energy from nuclear reactions.

Which term describes energy due to motion?

• Gravitational potential energy

• Kinetic energy

• Chemical energy

• Nuclear energy

Fill in the blank: A 'Payload' often has stored ______ energy.

• kinetic

• potential

• thermal

• electrical

What is Thermal Energy?

• Energy stored in objects like springs.

• Energy that comes from the heat of an object.

• The process of changing one form of energy into another.

• Energy from the sun.

Which type of energy is often related to the kinetic energy of particles?

• Thermal Energy

• Elastic Potential Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Nuclear Energy

Fill in the blank: Thermal Energy is often related to the _______ energy of its particles.

• A) kinetic

• B) potential

• C) chemical

• D) nuclear

Fill in the blank: The total of potential and kinetic energy in a system is referred to as ________.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Mechanical Energy

• Radiation

Which term describes energy affecting energy conversion through waves?

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

• Transformation

Which of the following is a non-renewable energy source?

• Geothermal

• Nuclear

• Biomass

• Tidal