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Forms of Energy

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is Energy?
a)
The ability to change an objects color.
b)
To make atoms move faster 
c)
The ability to cause changes in matter
d)
To make atoms move slower
2.
What is the energy of an object called if it is in motion?
a)
Kinetic Energy
b)
Potential Energy
c)
Thermal Energy
d)
Electrical Energy
3.
A piece of rubber is a/an...
a)
Conductor
b)
Circuit
c)
Parallel Circuit 
d)
Insulator
4.
What is Sound Energy?
a)
A type of Kinetic Energy
b)
The cause of sounds you hear
c)
A form of energy that is carried as waves in vibrating matter
d)
All of the above
5.
What uses the most home energy?
a)
Lighting/ appliances
b)
Water heating 
c)
refrigerator 
d)
Electricity 
6.
What can electrical energy turn into?
a)
A Fire
b)
Other Energy
c)
Atoms
d)
Electrons
7.
What is Chemical Energy?
a)
Mechanical Energy
b)
An electric current that flows through matter
c)
Chemical that is placed on matter
d)
Energy that is stored in matter that can be released by a chemical reaction
8.
What uses the most energy at school?
a)
Space Cooling and Ventilation 
b)
Space heating 
c)
Lighting 
d)
Water heating 
9.
If an acrobat is hanging from a trapeze bar high above the ground what energy do they have? 
a)
Chemical Energy
b)
Electrical Energy
c)
Potential Energy
d)
All Of The Above
10.
What is Thermal Energy?
a)
The total amount of kinetic energy of the particles in a substance
b)
An ice cube 
c)
A pool of cold water
d)
When particles move slower
11.
Heat is a transfer of what?
a)
temperature 
b)
energy 
c)
water
d)
helium 
12.
Where does the thermal energy that we use come from?
a)
The Grass
b)
The Animal
c)
The Sun
d)
The Trees
13.
What is something you can use to conserve energy?
a)
get Solar panels 
b)
take a warm shower
c)
drink cold water
d)
Get nuclear powered items
14.
What is an example of thermal, light, sound, and electric energy?
a)
The sun
b)
Paper
c)
Lamp
d)
T.V.
15.
What type of charge does a proton have?
a)
No charge
b)
Nuclear  
c)
Negative charge 
d)
positive charge 
16.
What does static mean?
a)
Moving slowly
b)
Moving fast
c)
Not moving
d)
None of the above
17.
Electric current easily passes through...
a)
Plastic
b)
Metal
c)
Glass
d)
Sand
18.
Why do you get shocked?
a)
Electrons jump from person to person 
b)
Millions of atoms heat up and explode 
c)
A wizard cursed you 
d)
There is no way for people to find out 
19.
What is an electric current?
a)
When electric charges have a path to follow, they move in a steady flow
b)
When you put a plug in an outlet
c)
Electrons forming together to make a tube
d)
Electrical energy