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WorksheetsPotential and Kinetic Energy
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
States that energy cannot be created or destroyed. It may be transformed from one form into another, but the total amount of energy never changes.
a)
The Law of Conservation of Energy
b)
The Law of Conservation of Matter
c)
The Law of Conservation of Mass
2.
energy from the Sun, which provides heat and light energy for Earth.
a)
Electrical
b)
Solar
c)
Thermal
3.
energy stored in particles of matter.
a)
Radiant
b)
Chemical
c)
Kinetic
4.
stored energy
depending on position.
depending on position.
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
Chemical
5.
What increases as the passengers in the coaster go up the hill?
a)
fear
b)
potential energy
c)
kinetic energy
6.
stored energy
depending on position.
depending on position.
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
Chemical
7.
a)
Radiant to chemical
b)
Light to mechanical
c)
Mechanical to potential
8.
a)
Light to electrical
b)
Solar to electrical
c)
Chemical to electrical
9.
What happens after the coaster passes point A
a)
The coaster's potential energy starts changing to kinetic energy as the coast heads down and picks up speed.
b)
coaster's kinetic energy starts changing to potential energy
10.
At which point is the kinetic energy of the coaster the greatest?
a)
At point C, near the end of the descent
b)
At point A (the top)
c)
At the car's current position, on its way to the top.
11.
What increases as the passengers in the coaster go up the hill?
a)
fear
b)
potential energy
c)
kinetic energy
12.
These passengers are just starting their descent. What is happening?
a)
potential energy is changing to kinetic energy
b)
kinetic energy is changing to potential energy
13.
Does a moving object always have kinetic energy?
a)
yes
b)
no
14.
Does a moving object always have kinetic energy?
a)
yes
b)
no
15.
What is kinetic energy?
a)
all energy
b)
stored energy
c)
energy of motion
16.
Which object on the shelf has the greatest potential energy?
a)
the red vase on the second shelf
b)
the blue vase on the top shelf
c)
the white box on the bottom shelf
17.
Which is meant to show potential energy? (stored energy)
a)
B - the falling apple
b)
A - the hanging apple
18.
What energy does this skier show?
a)
potential energy
b)
kinetic energy
19.
Which is meant to show kinetic energy
a)
- the bat striking the ball
b)
the batter waiting for the pitch
20.
The ___________ in sugars and starches of food fuels all your body functions and movements, and provides the thermal energy that keeps your body temperature constant.
a)
nuclear energy
b)
chemical energy
c)
electrical energy
d)
light energy
21.
A battery converts ________ energy into electrical energy for human use.
a)
chemical
b)
kinetic
c)
sound
d)
light
22.
What is the sequence of the energy transformations represented in this diagram of a moving car?
a)
mechanical to chemical to radiant
b)
radiant to chemical to electrical
c)
mechanical to electrical to radiant
d)
radiant to electrical to mechanical
23.
What type of energy is provided in this picture?
a)
solar energy
b)
heat energy
c)
light energy
d)
all of these answers
24.
What type of heat transfer occurs when heat energy travels from the SUN to the EARTH?
a)
radiation
b)
convection
c)
conduction
d)
boiling
25.
Which of the pictures changes chemical energy into light (and thermal) energy?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
26.
Which of the pictures involves kinetic mechanical energy that is converted into electrical energy?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
27.
Which of the pictures converts solar energy into electrical energy?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
28.
The picture shows a microwave oven. As the microwave oven operates, the electrical energy is transformed into all of the following EXCEPT
a)
solar
b)
light
c)
thermal
d)
mechanical
29.
Potential or Kinetic energy?
holding a stretched rubberband
holding a stretched rubberband
a)
potential
b)
kinetic
30.
Potential or Kinetic energy?
waiting at the start line before running a race
waiting at the start line before running a race
a)
potential
b)
kinetic
31.
Potential or Kinetic energy?
swinging down on a swing
swinging down on a swing
a)
potential
b)
kinetic
32.
The diagram shows a circuit with the bulb glowing. How does the energy change as it moves from inside the battery, along the wires, and through the light bulb?
a)
electrical to light to chemical
b)
light to electrical to chemical
c)
chemical to electrical to light
d)
chemical to light to electrical
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