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WorksheetsEnergy Transfer in Motion
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is kinetic energy?
a)
When an object is in motion
b)
When an object is not in motion
c)
all of the above
d)
none of the above
2.
What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
3.
What kind of energy is in basketball passing through the hoop?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
elastic
d)
heat
4.
What kind of energy is in an acorn hanging from an oak tree?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
5.
At which point is potential energy greatest?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
6.
Which example best represents potential energy?
a)
Fire
b)
ice cream
c)
bouncing ball
d)
ocean waves
7.
Energy is the ability to do _____________ or cause change.
a)
work
b)
rest
c)
experiments
d)
science
8.
When you stretch a rubber band, you give it
a)
kinetic energy
b)
elastic potential energy
c)
gravitational potential energy
d)
electrial energy
9.
What is the energy transfer in this circuit?
a)
Electrical energy to sound energy to thermal energy
b)
Thermal energy to light energy to electrical energy
c)
Mechanical energy to light energy to thermal energy
d)
Electrical energy to light energy to thermal energy
10.
Light is a form of ______________________
a)
energy
b)
matter
c)
force
d)
sound
11.
All of the following are sources of light except...
a)
the sun
b)
a light bulb
c)
fire
d)
the moon
12.
According to the law of _________________, energy cannot be created nor destroyed.
a)
Conservation of Energy
b)
Inertia
c)
Acceleration
d)
Conservation of matter
13.
Kinetic Energy is not lost, it is converted into _______ energy via friction.
a)
thermal
b)
potential
c)
mechanical
d)
stored
14.
________ is the transfer of thermal energy.
a)
heat
b)
cold
c)
temperature
d)
transformation
15.
Mr. Goorsky's students are complaining that it is hot in the classroom. He plugs in the fan and turns it on, which energy transformation occurs?
a)
mechanical to electrical
b)
electrical to kinetic
c)
chemical to mechanical
d)
electromagnetic to mechanical
16.
Stored energy based on position is known as...
a)
Lazy
b)
Potential
c)
Kinetic
17.
A car moving down the road is an example of
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
elastic
d)
solar
18.
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that...
a)
energy can be destroyed
b)
energy can not be created or destroyed
c)
energy can only be destroyed using the force
19.
According to the Law of Conservation of Energy, energy cannot be _________ or ____________.
a)
destroyed, destroyed
b)
created, saved
c)
created, destroyed
d)
lost, found
20.
To move energy from one object to another
a)
relocate
b)
transfer
c)
conduction
d)
transit
21.
A solar panel converts light energy into...
a)
Kinetic Energy
b)
Heat Energy
c)
Electrical energy
d)
Nuclear energy
22.
Shooting an arrow from a bow coverts ______________ into kinetic energy.
a)
Elastic Potential Energy
b)
Chemical Potential Energy
c)
Sound Energy
d)
Nuclear Potential Energy
23.
A _____________ converts chemical energy into kinetic energy.
a)
slinky
b)
speaker
c)
sun
d)
car
24.
An explosion converts chemical energy into kinetic, sound, light and ___________ energy.
a)
Heat
b)
Chemical
c)
Nuclear
d)
Electrical
25.
A ball rolling down a slope converts ________________ energy into __________________ energy.
a)
gravitational potential; kinetic
b)
kinetic; gravitational potential energy
c)
kinetic; elastic
d)
elastic; kinetic
26.
A greenhouse converts ___________ into heat energy.
a)
light
b)
kinetic
c)
chemical potential
27.
A nuclear bomb converts ________________ energy into kinetic, sound, light and thermal energy.
a)
chemical
b)
potential
c)
nuclear
d)
electrical
28.
A wind farm converts _____________ energy into _______________ energy.
a)
electrical; kinetic
b)
kinetic; electrical
c)
solar; electical
d)
chemical; electrical
29.
A hot air balloon converts _____________ energy into ______________ energy and _______________ energy.
a)
chemical; thermal; gravitational potential
b)
chemical; heat; electrical
c)
kinetic; chemical; heat
d)
heat; nuclear; kinetic
30.
A ________________ converts electrical energy into thermal energy.
a)
heater
b)
fireplace
c)
car
d)
sun
31.
Stored energy based on position is known as...
a)
Lazy
b)
Potential
c)
Kinetic
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