Forms of Energy

The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy is never...

• transformed

• used to increase potential energy

• created or destroyed

• released as heat

Kinetic energy depends on the ___?___ of the object?

• height and mass

• mass and speed

• friction and weight

• height and speed

The microwave you use to cook your food and the X-rays doctors use to examine patients are types of what?

• nuclear energy

• thermal energy

• electromagnetic energy

• sound energy

What forms of energy does the sun provide for living things on Earth?

• sound and thermal

• chemical and radiant (light)

• radiant (light) and thermal

• thermal and potential

What energy is transmitted when the strings of the guitar vibrate and release wavelengths into the air?

• radiant energy

• kinetic energy

• electrical energy

• sound energy

Energy of motion is which type of energy?

• potential

• kinetic

• sound

• thermal

A device that converts electrical energy to radiant energy?

• a blender

• a bicyle

• a light bulb

• a balloon

What kind of energy is represented when we eat food?

• thermal energy

• electromagnetic energy

• chemical energy

• nuclear energy

Potential energy is...

• the energy of motion

• the energy due to position

• the energy stored in chemical bonds

• the energy when electrons are moving

You warm yourself up by absorbing the energy given off by burning wood in your fireplace. This is considered _______ energy.

• chemical

• radiant

• thermal

• sound