WorksheetsEnergy: Unit Test
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Energy of motion is which type of energy?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
Sound
d)
Gravitational
2.
What type of energy is in this picture?
a)
Kinetic
b)
Potential
c)
Chemical
d)
Sound
3.
What kind of energy is represented in this picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Potential
c)
Nuclear
d)
Mechanical
4.
Wind turbines and windmills convert what energy to another?
a)
Kinetic to electric
b)
Gravitational potential to electric
c)
Mechanical to potential
d)
Thermal to sound
5.
Work is:
a)
A transfer of energy by a force to move and object
b)
Something you get paid for
c)
Something you take home
d)
Makes you sweat
6.
On a roller coaster, where is maximum potential energy?
a)
At the bottom of a big hill
b)
When going around a corner
c)
When going upside down
d)
At the top of a big hill
7.
According to which law of energy, energy can't be created or destroyed?
a)
First law of motion
b)
The law of tacos
c)
Laws of Energy
d)
law of conservation of energy
8.
On a roller coaster, where is maximum kinetic energy?
a)
At the bottom of a big hill
b)
When going around a corner
c)
When going upside down
d)
At the top of a big hill
9.
The roller coaster cart has the most potential energy at position-
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
10.
Energy transformations occur when...
a)
energy is created through conduction
b)
energy changes from one form to another
c)
two forces slide together that are touching
d)
a chemical reaction takes place
11.
Energy can be classified into two main categories, kinetic energy and potential energy. Kinetic energy is when an object is:
a)
standing still
b)
actively doing something
c)
changing states of matter
d)
objects do not have kinetic energy
12.
When a hot object touches a cooler object, heat energy is transferred from the warmer object to the cooler object through:
a)
radiation
b)
electrical energy
c)
conduction
d)
solar heating
13.
You and your family are sitting around a campfire. You can feel the heat on your face, even when you back your seat away from the fire. The heat energy from the fire warms your face through:
a)
light energy from the fire
b)
conduction
c)
chemical reactions in the fire
d)
radiation
14.
Which is an example of potential energy?
a)
a roller coaster speeding down a hill
b)
the pulled back string on an archers's bow
c)
releasing the strings on a guitar
d)
an electric current lighting a light bulb
15.
Heat energy transfer is:
a)
the transfer of heat from one object to another.
b)
the radiation of heat from an object.
c)
an increase in heat energy.
d)
a loss of heat energy.
16.
Choose the BEST example of convection:
a)
Heat leaves a coffee cup as the currents of steam and air rise.
b)
Heat leaves the hot soup and heats the spoon.
c)
Heat from a liquid melts an ice cube.
d)
Water droplets form on the outside of a glass of water.
17.
A swinging pendulum demonstrates which type of energy?
a)
chemical energy
b)
both kinetic and potential energy
c)
only potential energy
d)
only kinetic energy
18.
How can you increase the period of a pendulum?
a)
by making the string longer
b)
by making the string shorter
c)
by adding mass
d)
by taking away mass
19.
Which statement about temperature is correct?
a)
Temperature is an indirect measurement of the heat energy in a substance.
b)
Temperature is the same thing as energy.
c)
Temperature is the same thing as heat.
d)
Temperature is the force used in Mavin the Martians Maggot (spaceship).
20.
Conduction is the movement of heat because of the collision of __________.
a)
atoms
b)
molecules
c)
compounds
d)
photons
21.
What does a thermos do?
a)
A thermos makes things warmer.
b)
A thermos makes things colder.
c)
A thermos stops heat transfer.
d)
A thermos slows heat transfer.
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