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WorksheetsUnit 1: Energy
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 44mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Energy causes ___________ to occur.
a)
change
b)
motion
c)
age
2.
What type of energy is in this picture?
a)
Kinetic
b)
Potential
c)
Electromagnetic
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 (kinetic) energy
b)
Chemical (kinetic) energy
c)
Sound (potential) energy
d)
Sound (kinetic) energy
5.
What kind of energy?
a)
Thermal (kinetic) energy
b)
Thermal (potential) energy
c)
Nuclear (kinetic) energy
d)
Mechanical (kinetic) 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 (kinetic) energy
b)
Chemical (kinetic) energy
c)
Chemical (potential) energy
d)
Mechanical (kinetic) energy
9.
the ability to do work
a)
energy
b)
Matter
c)
photons
d)
potential energy
10.
Stored energy that results from the position or shape of an object is called...
a)
Thermal
b)
Potential
c)
Kinetic
d)
Gravitational
11.
All of the different forms of energy move making them kinetic energy
a)
True
b)
False
12.
All of the different forms of energy can be stored energies.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Lightning during a thunderstorm is an example of what form of energy?
a)
Radiant (potential) energy
b)
Radiant (kinetic) energy
c)
Electrical (potential) energy
d)
Electrical (kinetic) energy
14.
Which of the followings are examples of thermal energy?
a)
a violin string plucked, talking, ringing telephone
b)
boiling water, steam, heat from a flashlight
c)
candle flame, light bulb light
d)
energy from the sun (fusion, energy from a nuclear power plant (fission)
15.
A baseball held by a pitcher has _____________energy.
a)
Kinetic
b)
Chemical
c)
Potential
d)
Thermal
16.
At what position does the rock have the greatest kinetic energy?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
D
d)
E
17.
This would be
a)
Nuclear (kinetic) energy
b)
Nuclear (potential) energy
c)
Chemical (kinetic) energy
d)
Chemical (potential) energy
18.
What form of energy is being used when a person hits a tennis ball with a tennis racket?
a)
thermal energy
b)
sound energy
c)
light energy
d)
mechanical energy
19.
What kind of energy is associated with vibrations?
a)
mechanical energy
b)
electrical energy
c)
light energy
d)
sound energy
20.
What type of energy increases as molecules move faster?
a)
mechanical energy
b)
electrical energy
c)
thermal energy
d)
sound energy
21.
Energy due to motion is ____________ energy.
a)
Potential
b)
Energy
c)
Kinetic
d)
Friction
22.
The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has.
a)
more
b)
less
c)
none of the above
d)
all of the above
23.
__________ is stored energy.
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
None of the above
d)
All of the above
24.
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
25.
Elastic potential energy is energy stored in objects that are compressed or __________.
a)
movement
b)
stretched
c)
harnessed
d)
pulled
26.
When you stretch a rubber band, you are storing __________ energy.
a)
kinetic
b)
potential
c)
none of the above
d)
all of the above
27.
What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
28.
What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
29.
Energy can not be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another.
a)
true
b)
false
30.
Energy can be _____________ or changed from one type to another.
a)
destroyed
b)
transferred
c)
created
d)
ignored
31.
What kind of energy is in a battery?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
32.
When plants convert the sun's energy into food, which type of energy is it?
a)
electrical
b)
chemical
c)
thermal
d)
radiant
33.
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
34.
The glow sticks produce light for a short amount of time. The light from the glow stick is a conversion from what to what?
a)
thermal to light
b)
gravitational to potential
c)
radiant to electrical
d)
chemical to light
35.
At which point is potential energy greatest?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
36.
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
37.
Energy stored by things above earth (things that can fall)
a)
Chemical Potential Energy
b)
Elastic Potential Energy
c)
Kinetic Energy
d)
Gravitational Potential Energy
38.
As mass increases, KE ...
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
39.
Which has a greater impact on KE?
a)
mass
b)
velocity
40.
The PE of a boulder on a hill will be ______ the KE of the boulder as it rolls down the hill.
a)
greater than
b)
less than
c)
the same as
41.
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
a)
energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only transformed or transferred
b)
energy can be destroyed but not created
c)
energy can be created but not destroyed
42.
When one energy form is changed into another it is called a
a)
transformation
b)
transfer
c)
translocation
d)
transcription
43.
which point has the most potential energy
a)
g
b)
f
c)
b
d)
a
44.
How much pontential energy is at the top of a hill on a rollar coaster ride
a)
100%
b)
50%
c)
0%
d)
20%
45.
Can energy be destroyed
a)
no
b)
yes
46.
As a pendulum swings from its highest to lowest position, what happens to its kinetic and potential energy?
a)
Both the potential energy and kinetic energy decrease
b)
The potential energy decreases while the kinetic energy increases
c)
The kinetic energy decreases while the potential energy increases
d)
Bothe the potential energy and kinetic energy increase
47.
When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy highest?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
48.
When a pendulum swings, at which point is potential energy at its greatest?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
49.
Which would have the greatest gravitational potential energy?
a)
A 4lb rat on a school desk
b)
A 45lb dog in an oak tree
c)
A 14 pound platypus on a swing
d)
A 45lb child on a bike
50.
Can an object use up energy?
a)
Yes
b)
No
51.
Roller coasters slow down because their energy disappears.
a)
True
b)
False
52.
What would you do if you were asked to show more potential energy in this system than what is currently shown?
a)
Move the magnets closer together.
b)
Move the magnets farther apart.
c)
Leave the magnets where they are.
53.
How would you describe a force that affects an object without touching it?
a)
Gravity
b)
Field
c)
Kinetic Energy
d)
Potential Energy
54.
What formula do you use to solve work?
a)
W=Fd
b)
W=Nm
c)
W=KE+PE
d)
W=Ed
55.
What is a criteria?
a)
the specific requirements and standards a design should meet
b)
identifies strengths and weaknesses in a design
56.
What is a constraint?
a)
limitations that define the boundaries of a design process
b)
the quality or state of being released from something
c)
regulations used to define work
d)
a component of a system
57.
Jake has 2 wooden blocks. Block 1 is 25 kg and Block 2 is 45 kg. If the blocks are dropped at the same exact time, which block will have more kinetic energy?
a)
Block 1
b)
Block 2
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