WorksheetsCh. 3 Thermal Energy & Heat Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is an example of kinetic energy?
a)
a car driving
b)
a boulder sitting on a hill
c)
a book on a shelf
d)
a paperclip
2.
What is an example of potential energy?
a)
a car driving
b)
a skateboard being pushed
c)
a skydiver falling
d)
a boulder sitting on a mountain
3.
What is a possible byproduct of the conversion of thermal energy to kinetic energy?
a)
wasted energy
b)
friction
c)
fuel
d)
transfer
4.
Which item is the best to conduct heat with?
a)
cotton
b)
wood
c)
plastic
d)
metal
5.
Which is determined by an objects mass and its height above the ground?
a)
potential energy
b)
gravitational potential energy
c)
chemical potential energy
d)
kinetic energy
6.
This is stored in bonds between the atoms that make up matter...
a)
kinetic energy
b)
potential energy
c)
chemical potential energy
d)
elastic potential energy
7.
Kinetic energy is
a)
chemical
b)
potential
c)
the force of motion
d)
work
8.
a fork getting hot when placed in a pan is an example of...
a)
convection
b)
conduction
c)
convulsion
d)
conclusion
9.
Anything that easily transfers heat energy is a
a)
conductor
b)
insulator
c)
hot object
d)
metal
10.
Burning fuel that makes a car move is chemical potential energy converted to ________.
a)
elastic potential energy
b)
heat energy
c)
kinetic energy
d)
friction
11.
burning wood to fire is a energy transfer of chemical potential energy to ________
a)
heat and light energy
b)
kinetic energy
c)
elastic potential energy
d)
kinetic energy
12.
stored when an object is stretched.....
a)
chemical potential
b)
elastic potential
c)
gravitational potential
d)
potential
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