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Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is solar energy?
a)
Energy from batteries
b)
Energy from the sun
c)
Energy from food
d)
Energy from wind
2.
What type of energy flows through the wires in an electrical circuit?
a)
chemical energy
b)
solar
c)
mechanical
d)
electrical
3.
Kinetic and potential energy are both types of _____________ energy.
a)
mechanical
b)
force
c)
friction
d)
speed
4.
Food and batteries are types of _________________ energy.
a)
potential
b)
kinetic
c)
mechanical
d)
chemical
5.
What type of energy is due to the position of the object?
a)
positional energy
b)
kinetic energy
c)
potential energy
d)
work
6.
What type of energy is due to the motion of the object?
a)
motivational energy
b)
gravity
c)
speed
d)
kinetic energy
7.
What type of energy is occurring when a slingshot is pulled back?
a)
kinetic energy
b)
potential energy
c)
gravity
d)
chemical energy
8.
What type of energy is made by moving atoms?
a)
gravity
b)
speed
c)
chemical energy
d)
heat or thermal energy
9.
What type of energy is occurring when a child is swinging?
a)
potential energy
b)
kinetic energy
c)
mechanical energy
d)
chemical energy
10.
What is hydroelectric power?
a)
energy made from running water
b)
energy made from hydrogen
c)
energy made from burning coal
d)
energy made from wind
11.
What type of energy is a lamp an example of?
a)
light
b)
kinetic
c)
chemical
d)
mechanical
12.
What type of energy is a tv an example of?
a)
mechanical
b)
chemical
c)
electrical
d)
solar
13.
Scissors are an example of __________________ energy.
a)
potential
b)
kinetic
c)
chemical
d)
mechanical
14.
A campfire is a good example of _______________ energy.
a)
solar
b)
heat or thermal
c)
wind
d)
hydroelectric
15.
A battery is an example of _______________ energy.
a)
electricity
b)
chemical
c)
mechanical
d)
kinetic
16.
A banana is an example of _________________ energy.
a)
mechanical
b)
chemical
c)
kinetic
d)
solar
17.
A windmill is an example of ______________ energy.
a)
wind
b)
solar
c)
hydroelectric
d)
chemical
18.
A child at the top of a slide has __________________ energy.
a)
kinetic
b)
speed
c)
gravity
d)
potential
19.
What is a force that is caused when two surfaces are rubbed together?
a)
gravity
b)
force
c)
friction
d)
chemical
20.
What is force?
a)
push or pull
b)
stored energy
c)
energy in motion
d)
life
21.
A ball falls to the ground because of ________________.
a)
speed
b)
force
c)
wind energy
d)
gravity
22.
A bicycle when moving has ________________ energy.
a)
kinetic
b)
force
c)
speed
d)
gravity
23.
The prefix "geo" means _________.
a)
earth
b)
life
c)
space
d)
new
24.
The prefix "bio" means _________________.
a)
a story of a person's life
b)
earth
c)
space
d)
life
25.
Fossil fuels are made from ___________________.
a)
gasoline and diesel fuel
b)
dead plants and animals
c)
crude oil
d)
rocks and minerals
26.
What is gasoline made from?
a)
oil
b)
diesel fuel
c)
dead plants and animals
d)
rocks and minerals
27.
What is an example of a biomass?
a)
rocks and minerals
b)
corn and wood
c)
fossils and footprints
d)
food and batteries
28.
Where does geothermal energy come from?
a)
inside the earth
b)
from solar panels
c)
from hydroelectric power
d)
from wind mills
29.
A skier halfway down the mountain has more _______________ energy.
a)
potential
b)
kinetic
c)
mechanical
d)
gravity
30.
A skier at the top of a mountain has more ______________ energy.
a)
kinetic
b)
potential
c)
mechanical
d)
gravity
31.
Potential energy is ________________.
a)
energy in motion
b)
energy that is waiting
32.
Kinetic energy is _______________.
a)
energy in motion
b)
energy that is waiting
33.
What are 2 types of energy that move in waves?
a)
sound and kinetic energy
b)
geothermal and chemical energy
c)
corn and wood energy
d)
sound and light energy
34.
What does thermal mean?
a)
energy
b)
force
c)
heat
d)
light
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