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Energy Review Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is mechanical energy?
a)
The sum of potential energy and kinetic energy.
b)
Sound energy.
c)
Energy that can repair cars and light trucks.
d)
Food
2.
What is Potential Energy? (PE)
a)
PE energy only based on height.
b)
PE is based on speed.
c)
PE is energy stored from position and height.
d)
PE does not exist.
3.
What is an example of thermal energy?
a)
A stove.
b)
A lamp.
c)
A fire.
d)
All of the above.
4.
The Law of Conservation of Energy is...
a)
Energy can never be transferred or transformed, only created or destroyed
b)
Energy can never be created or destroyed, only transferred or transformed.
c)
Energy does not exist.
d)
Energy can only be destroyed, never created.
5.
At the end of a roller coaster ride, the energy is transferred into what type of energy?
a)
Dissipated energy
b)
Thermal energy
c)
Sound energy
d)
All of the above
6.
What kind of energy is it when a ball is rolling and slows down to a stop?
a)
Soccer
b)
Dissipated energy
c)
Gravitational potential energy
d)
Friction
7.
On a roller coaster, where is the most dissipated energy?
a)
At the top of the first hill
b)
At the bottom of the first hill
c)
At the end
d)
In the middle of the loop
8.
If there is more dissipated energy what happens to the total amount of energy in the system?
a)
The total amount decreases
b)
The total amount stays the same
c)
The total amount increases
d)
There is no energy.
9.
The higher the Potential Energy rises, the more Dissipated Energy there will be.
a)
True 
b)
False
10.
The less kinetic energy and potential energy there is, the more __________energy there is.
a)
Break Energy
b)
Chemical Energy
c)
Kinetic Energy
d)
Dissipated Energy
11.
How is kinetic energy transferred?
a)
When a noise is made
b)
When thermal energy is dissipated
c)
When one object hits another
d)
All of the above
12.
What transfer is happening when one ball hits another on the Newton's cradle?
a)
Kinetic to Kinetic
b)
Gravitational Potential to Chemical
c)
Thermal to Sound
d)
Gravitational Potential to Kinetic
13.
What type of energy is transferred when a domino hits another domino?
a)
Sound to Thermal
b)
Gravitational Potential to Thermal
c)
Thermal to Sound
d)
Kinetic to Kinetic
14.
When you drive a nail into an object, what type of energy is transferred?
a)
Thermal Energy
b)
Mechanical Energy
c)
Chemical Energy
d)
Dissipated Energy
15.
When you pull back a rubber band, does it gain Mechanical Energy?
a)
True 
b)
False
16.
When you hit a baseball what energy is being transferred?
a)
Energy doesn't exist
b)
Thermal
c)
Mechanical
d)
Sound
17.
When a catapult launches what type of energy does the projectile (thing being launched) gain?
a)
Air Energy
b)
Thermal Energy
c)
Catapults aren't a thing
d)
Mechanical Energy
18.
What causes energy transfer to stop?
a)
Sound Energy
b)
Dissipated Energy
c)
Thermal Energy
d)
Kinetic Energy
19.
Insulation is an example of energy transfer being blocked.
a)
Dissipated energy
b)
True
c)
This is not a thing
d)
False
20.
When a guitar is played, and the strings stop moving what caused them to stop moving?
a)
They stop on their own
b)
Your hands
c)
Chemical Energy
d)
Dissipated Energy