Exploring the Six Types of Energy

What is the fundamental property of energy?

• It cannot cause change.

• It can be created and destroyed.

• It can only be created.

• It can be transformed from one form to another.

Which type of energy is associated with the movement of an object?

• Radiant energy

• Mechanical energy

• Chemical energy

• Electrical energy

What type of energy travels in waves and includes light from the Sun?

• Mechanical energy

• Chemical energy

• Radiant energy

• Thermal energy

Which type of energy is stored between molecules and can be found in batteries?

• Chemical energy

• Electrical energy

• Nuclear energy

• Mechanical energy

What type of energy involves the movement of electrical charges?

• Radiant energy

• Thermal energy

• Chemical energy

• Electrical energy

Which type of nuclear energy involves splitting an atom?

• Fusion

• Radiant

• Fission

• Thermal

Where does fusion, a type of nuclear energy, primarily occur?

• In a light bulb

• On the Sun

• In a nuclear power plant

• In a battery

What is thermal energy associated with?

• Stored energy between molecules

• Energy that travels in waves

• Movement of all molecules in a substance

• Movement of electrical charges

What type of energy does the Sun use to produce radiant energy?

• Mechanical energy

• Chemical energy

• Nuclear energy

• Electrical energy

What is an energy chain?

• A type of nuclear reaction

• A form of mechanical energy

• A type of chemical reaction

• A sequence of energy transformations