Module 2 Vocabulary Quiz

What is stored energy?

• Energy that is inside of an object or system

• Energy that can transform into light energy

• Energy that is released when links between particles are broken

• Energy that depends on the motion of tiny particles

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Which type of energy is released when links between particles are broken or created?

• Thermal energy

• Chemical energy

• Light energy

• Electrical energy

What is an example of nuclear energy?

• Burning wood

• Solar panels

• Nuclear reactions in the Sun

• Cell phone screens

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How does thermal energy depend on the motion of particles?

• It decreases as particles move faster

• It remains constant regardless of particle motion

• It increases as particles move faster

• It is unrelated to particle motion

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What type of energy can be transformed into light energy?

• Stored energy

• Electrical energy

• Chemical energy

• Nuclear energy

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What is an example of a system where energy is transformed in a series of steps?

• Solar panels

• Cell phones

• Burning wood

• Nuclear reactions

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What does a photonics engineer do?

• Design and test devices that use light energy to solve problems

• Create systems that transform chemical energy

• Develop nuclear energy solutions

• Study the motion of particles in thermal energy

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What is the main energy store in a battery?

• Kinetic energy

• Gravitational potential energy

• Chemical energy

• Thermal energy

Instead of energy of motion, a still object has ___________________

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In all of the energy transformations shown
above, the total amount of energy:

• disappeared when it transformed into another type
  of energy.
• decreased when it transformed into another type of
  energy.
• remained the same when it transformed into
  another type of energy.

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