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Energy Transformations

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Energy causes ___________ to occur.
a)
change
b)
motion
c)
age
2.

What type of energy is in this picture?

a)

Gravitational Potential

b)

Elastic Potential

c)

Chemical Potential

3.
When plants convert the sun's energy into food, which type of energy does the sun energy become?
a)
kinetic
b)
chemical
c)
thermal
4.

What form of energy?

a)

Mechanical energy

b)

Chemical energy

c)

Light energy

d)

Sound energy

5.

What kind of energy is released by the fire?

a)

Thermal energy

b)

Chemical energy

c)

Nuclear energy

d)

Mechanical energy

6.
What form of energy?
a)
Thermal
b)
Electrical
c)
Mechanical
d)
Radiant
7.
What kind of energy?
a)
Radiant
b)
Electrical
c)
Thermal
d)
Chemical
8.

What kind of energy?

a)

Thermal energy

b)

Gravitational potential energy

c)

Chemical potential energy

d)

Kinetic energy

9.

Which form of energy is being released by the lamp?

a)

Sound

b)

Light

c)

chemical

d)

Electrical

10.
What form of energy is stored in the bonds between molecules of matter?
a)
chemical energy
b)
heat energy
c)
kinetic energy
d)
mechanical energy
11.
Stored energy that results from the position or shape of an object is called...
a)
Thermal
b)
Potential
c)
Kinetic
d)
Gravitational
12.

Lightning during a thunderstorm is an example of what form of energy?

a)

Chemical energy

b)

Radiant energy

c)

Nuclear energy

d)

Electrical energy

13.
A baseball held by a pitcher has _____________energy.
a)
Kinetic
b)
Chemical 
c)
Potential
d)
Thermal
14.

At what position does the rock have the greatest kinetic energy?

a)

part A

b)

part B

c)

part D

d)

part E

15.

Kinetic energy is the energy of

a)

movement.

b)

heat.

c)

storage.

d)

teachers throwing chairs at students who just won't stop talking no matter how much they ask.

16.

Potential energy

a)

is the energy of motion.

b)

causes objects to move toward each other.

c)

is the flow of electrons.

d)

is stored energy.

17.

Electrical energy

a)

is the flow of electrons.

b)

is a form of potential energy.

c)

is a form of thermal energy.

d)

cannot cause a change.

18.

Nuclear energy

a)

is a form of matter.

b)

is the energy stored in and released from the nucleus of an atom.

c)

cannot cause a change.

d)

is only found in radioactive materials.

19.

Chemical energy

a)

cannot be produced outside of a laboratory.

b)

is seen in a moving baseball.

c)

is the energy stored in the bonds between atoms.

d)

is the energy of motion.

20.

Mechanical energy

a)

can only be seen in machines.

b)

is kinetic energy plus potential energy.

c)

is a form of potential energy.

d)

always increases.

21.

Sound energy

a)

does not cause any change.

b)

is a form of potential energy.

c)

is carried by sound waves.

d)

is produced only by seventh graders.

22.

Radiant energy

a)

is carried by electro-magnetic waves.

b)

is a form of potential energy.

c)

does not cause a change in any objects.

d)

comes only from the sun.

23.

The Law of Conservation of Energy states that

a)

all energy comes from the sun.

b)

energy cannot be created or destroyed.

c)

energy can be converted from potential to kinetic.

d)

thermal energy is the most powerful type of energy.

24.
The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has. 
a)
more
b)
less
c)
none of the above
d)
all of the above 
25.

When you are holding a book, energy is stored between the book and Earth; this type of energy is called ________ potential energy.

a)

Kinetic

b)

Potential

c)

Gravitational

d)

Friction

26.
A battery converts what type of energy to another?
a)
sound to kinetic
b)
light to heat
c)
mechanical to electrical
d)
chemical to electrical
27.
What kind of energy?
a)
Nuclear
b)
Chemical
c)
Thermal
d)
Radiant
28.
Food, batteries, and fuel such as gasoline are all _________ energy.
a)
chemical energy
b)
kinetic energy
c)
mechanical energy
d)
heat energy
29.
The skater has the MOST potential energy at the _____
a)
top
b)
bottom
c)
same everywhere
30.
The skater has the MOST kinetic  energy at the _____
a)
top
b)
bottom
c)
same everywhere
31.
Who has more kinetic energy?
a)
person
b)
dog
c)
same
32.
Who has more kinetic energy?
a)
the purple runner
b)
the green runner
c)
the yellow runner
d)
same
33.
What has more gravitational potential energy 
a)
elephant
b)
mouse
34.

The amount of potential energy depends on what TWO factors?

a)

weight

b)

size

c)

height

d)

volume

35.

The amount of kinetic energy depends on what TWO factors?

a)

height

b)

speed

c)

mass

d)

volume

36.

The three types of potential energy are...

a)

elastic

b)

thermal

c)

gravitational

d)

chemical

e)

radiant

37.

which point has the most potential energy

a)

Part G

b)

Part F

c)

Part B

d)

Part A

38.

At which point is potential energy greatest?

a)

Part W

b)

Part X

c)

Part Y

d)

Part Z

39.

Which would have the greatest gravitational potential energy?

a)

A 4 pound rat on a school desk

b)

A 45 pound dog in an oak tree

c)

A 14 pound platypus on a swing

d)

A 45 pound child on a bike

40.
Which of the following best describes the energy transfer that takes place when you use a battery?
a)
Chemical PE -> Electrical
b)
Electrical -> Chemical PE
c)
Nuclear PE -> Electrical
d)
Electrical -> Nuclear PE
41.

Which would have the LEAST gravitational potential energy (GPE)?

a)

A ball sitting on the ground

b)

Moon viewed from the Earth

c)

An airplane flying 30,000 feet above the ground

d)

A rock sitting on top of Mt. Everest

42.

Which picture is NOT an example of Chemical PE?

a)
b)
c)
d)
43.
The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has. 
a)
more
b)
less
c)
none of the above
d)
all of the above 
44.
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 
45.
What kind of energy is in a person climbing a ladder?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
Both
46.
What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
47.
What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
48.
What kind of energy is in a waving hand?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
49.
What kind of energy is in a stretched rubber band?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
50.
Food has _________ energy. 
a)
Potential 
b)
Kinetic 
c)
None of the above 
d)
All of the above 
51.
Where would a person have to be located to have the minimum gravitational potential energy?
a)
up on the roof
b)
down in the basement
c)
in the middle
d)
outside

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