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Energy Review Quiz

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of energy is in this picture?
a)
Kinetic
b)
Potential
c)
Chemical
d)
Sound
2.
What kind of energy is represented in this picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Potential
c)
Nuclear
d)
Mechanical
3.
What kind of energy is represented in the picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Chemical
c)
Sound
d)
Nuclear
4.
Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 
a)
Potential 
b)
Energy
c)
Kinetic
d)
Friction
5.
__________ energy is the energy due to an object's position or condition
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
None of the above 
d)
All of the above 
6.
The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has. 
a)
more
b)
less
c)
none of the above
d)
all of the above 
7.
Gravitational potential energy depends on the ________ and ________ of the object. 
a)
Height and mass
b)
Friction and movement
c)
Mass and Movement
d)
Height and Friction 
8.
What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
both
d)
neither
9.
Which point has the most potential energy?
a)
D
b)
F
c)
B
d)
A
10.
Why can't the skater reach the same point where he was released when he goes up the other side of the ramp?
a)
because he is heavy
b)
because his mass is slowing him down
c)
because he gets tired
d)
because friction is slowing him down
11.
When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy highest?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
12.
When a pendulum swings, at which point is potential energy at its greatest? (assume there is no friction)
a)
1 and 5
b)
2 and 4
c)
d)
4 and 5
13.
What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
14.
what type of energy is stored in a battery?
a)
electrical
b)
chemical
c)
thermal
d)
mechanical
15.
Which of the following is a fossil fuel?
a)
Wind
b)
Coal
c)
Solar
d)
Biomass
16.
Hydroelectric power produces electricity using.....
a)
Wind
b)
Sunlight
c)
Moving water
d)
Dung
17.
Which energy conversion is taking place when you put gasoline in a car?
a)
thermal -> electrical
b)
mechanical -> electrical
c)
chemical -> mechanical
d)
mechanical -> electromagnetic
18.
What is kinetic energy?
a)
The energy of motion
b)
A combination of two types of energy
c)
Stored energy
d)
How far something goes in a specific time
19.
What is potential energy?
a)
The energy of motion
b)
A combination of two types of energy
c)
Stored energy
d)
How far something goes in a specific time
20.
What is mechanical energy?
a)
The energy of motion
b)
The ability to cause motion (kinetic and potential energy)
c)
Stored energy
d)
How far something goes in a specific time
21.
"A rolling marble has kinetic energy. If a moving marble hits a stationary marble, it transfers some of its kinetic energy, and the second marble begins to move." What is this an example of?
a)
Energy changes
b)
Energy transfer
22.
Stretching a rubber band is an example of...
a)
Potential energy
b)
Kinetic energy
c)
Mechanical energy
23.
Energy is defined as the ability to cause
a)
heat
b)
change
c)
electricity
d)
chemicals to glow
24.
Kinetic energy ___ as an object's speed increases.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
d)
is destroyed
25.
Food is a form of ____ energy. 
a)
solar
b)
geothermal
c)
nuclear
d)
chemical 
26.
When a baseball falls from its highest point, the energy is changing from_____.
a)
kinetic to potential
b)
potential to kinetic
c)
thermal to kinetic
d)
chemical to potential
27.
This Picture Represents Which Type of Alternative Energy?
a)
Wind
b)
Solar
c)
Hydroelectric
d)
Geothermal
28.
This Picture Represents Which Type of Alternative Energy?
a)
Wind
b)
Solar
c)
Biofuels
d)
Geothermal
29.
_______ is the ability to do work or cause change.
a)
energy
b)
kinetic energy
c)
thermal energy
30.
__________ is energy due to motion.
a)
potential energy
b)
nuclear energy
c)
kinetic energy
31.
___________ is energy due to position (stored energy).
a)
potential energy
b)
chemical energy
c)
energy
32.
_________________ is potential energy related to an object’s height.
a)
energy transformation
b)
gravitational potential energy
c)
electrical energy
33.
_______________ is energy of objects that can be compressed or stretched.
a)
mechanical energy
b)
nuclear energy
c)
elastic energy
34.
Lightning is a form of ____________energy.
a)
chemical
b)
electrical
c)
nuclear
35.
The breaking of ___________________ bonds in food releases energy for your body to use.
a)
thermal
b)
elastic
c)
chemical
d)
electrical
36.
The ___________________ the temperature of an object, the lower its thermal energy.
a)
size
b)
higher
c)
lower
37.
energy that is dependent upon an objects position and condition.
a)
potential
b)
kinetic
c)
mechanical
d)
thermal
38.
total energy (kinetic and potential) of a system.
a)
kinetic
b)
thermal
c)
mechanical
d)
mass