Energy, Kinetic, Potential, and Forms of Energy Quiz

Food and batteries both contain potential energy.

• True
• False

One form of energy can change into two or more other forms of energy.

• True
• False

Mechanical energy commonly changes back and forth between kinetic energy and potential energy.

• True
• False

Any form of energy can change into any other form of energy.

• True
• False

Below is a diagram of a boulder rolling down a hill into a valley, then up the hill on the opposite side. At which point does the boulder have the greatest kinetic energy?

• Position A
• Position B
• Position C
• Position D

What type of energy transformation occurs in a power plant where coal is burnt in order to be converted into electrical power?

• Electrical to Sound
• Chemical to Electrical
• Elastic Potential to Kinetic
• Potential to Kinetic Energy

As a student releases a stretched rubber band, which of the following energy transformations occurs?

• Chemical to Thermal
• Potential to Kinetic
• Electrical to Sound
• Chemical to Electrical

Which of the following scenarios does NOT demonstrate a transfer between potential energy and kinetic energy?

• Going down stairs
• Using a playground slide
• Bouncing on a trampoline
• Sitting still at in your school desk

If a boy rides a sled down a steep hill, then which of the following takes place during the child’s ride?

• Both kinetic and potential energy decrease.
• Both kinetic and potential energy increase.
• Potential energy increases and kinetic energy decreases.
• Potential energy decreases and kinetic energy increases.

The process in which one kind of energy changes into another kind is called energy _________.

• altering
• conversion
• regeneration
• conservation