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Energy

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 21mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following correctly describes energy?

a)

can be created

b)

can be destroyed

c)

cannot change form

d)

can cause change

2.

The temperature of an object is related to which of the following?

a)

heat

b)

total energy of its atoms

c)

kinetic energy of its atoms

d)

total chemical energy

3.

What happens if two objects at different temperatures are touching?

a)

Heat moves from the warmer object

b)

Heat moves from the cooler object

c)

Heat moves to the warmer object

d)

No energy transfer takes place

4.

How is energy transferred to Earth?

a)

by conduction

b)

by convection

c)

by radiation

d)

by endothermic reactions

5.

When would you have the most potential energy?

a)

walking up the hill

b)

sitting at the top of the hill

c)

running up the hill

d)

sitting at the bottom of the hill

6.

Which of the following chemical reactions releases heat energy?

a)

exothermic

b)

endothermic

c)

catalysts

d)

thermals

7.

Heat flows easily in which material?

a)

plastic

b)

insulator

c)

glass

d)

conductor

8.

A skier is at the top of a hill, ready to begin travelling down it. What kind of energy does the skier have?

a)

nuclear energy

b)

atomic energy

c)

potential energy

d)

chemical energy

9.

Which of these is an energy-absorbing chemical reaction?

a)

endothermic

b)

exothermic

c)

catalytic

d)

dissipative

10.

As a speed skater races down the track, the speed skater's kinetic energy depends on the speed skater's

a)

mass and direction

b)

velocity and direction

c)

direction

d)

mass and speed

11.

Energy occurs in _________

a)

one form

b)

two forms

c)

three forms

d)

many forms

12.

What are the two main types of energy that relate to motion?

a)

conduction and convection

b)

solar and thermal

c)

potential and kinetic

d)

radiation and heat

13.

What is the boiling point in celsius?

a)

0 C

b)

100 C

c)

50 C

d)

30 C

14.

What happen when breaking of a chemical bond?

a)

only electricity can break a chemical bond

b)

Energy is never released from the breaking bond

c)

only heat can break a chemical bond

d)

when a bond is broken, energy is added and released

15.

Muscles perform what type of energy transformation?

a)

kinetic to potential

b)

kinetic to electrical

c)

thermal to radiant

d)

chemical to kinetic

16.

Thermals in the air are due to this

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

heat

d)

radiation

17.

At what point does the swing have the highest potential energy?

a)

highest

b)

lowest

c)

middle

18.

At what point will the swing be have the lowest potential energy?

a)

highest

b)

lowest

c)

middle

19.

Energy stored in the chemical bonds of a substance

a)

convection

b)

chemical

c)

conduction

d)

radiation

20.

What type of heat energy does the picture show?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

21.

How is the energy from the Sun transferred to Earth?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

endothermic

22.

What is used to speed up chemical reactions?

a)

exothermic

b)

endothermic

c)

catalysts

d)

tags

23.

A rock on top of a cliff has what type of energy

a)

kinetic

b)

no energy

c)

radiation

d)

potential

24.

As the temperature of a material increase, the average ________________ also increases

a)

specific heat

b)

mass

c)

kinetic energy

d)

potential energy

25.

What is the freezing point in Celsius?

a)

0

b)

-100

c)

100

d)

273

26.

Where is chemical energy in a material stored?

a)

the nucleus

b)

the electrons

c)

the protons

d)

the bonds between the atoms

27.

Which occurs as you hold a snow ball?

a)

heat flows from the snowball to your hand

b)

heat flows from your hand to the snowball

c)

cold flows from the snowball to your hand

d)

cold flows from your hand to the snowball

28.

What type of reaction is occurring in the picture above?

a)

endothermic

b)

exothermic

c)

thermals

d)

catalysts

29.

What type of heat transfer is shown by the person's hand on the metal pan

a)

conduction

b)

covection

c)

radiation

d)

insulation

30.

What type of heat transfer is shown by the fire

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

insulation

31.

What type of heat transfer is shown in the currents within the water?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

insulation