WorksheetsEnergy Forms and Energy Transformations
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
Which of these objects has kinetic energy?
A ball moving through the air.
A ball sitting on a table.
A ball buried underground.
A ball sitting on the edge of a cliff.
What is the difference between kinetic energy and potential energy?
Kinetic energy is the energy of objects at rest; potential energy is the energy of objects in motion.
Potential energy is the energy of objects at rest; kinetic energy is the energy of objects in motion.
Potential energy has to do with chemistry; kinetic energy has to do with physics.
Kinetic energy has to do with chemistry; potential energy has to do with physics.
Which of the following objects has the most potential energy?
A ball sitting on a table.
A ball resting on the ground.
A ball sitting on a mountaintop.
A ball that's been thrown into the air.
Which of the following terms is best fitted with potential energy?
Stored energy
Motion energy
Light energy
Kinetic energy
What is the primary source of all light energy on earth?
Lightning
Volcanoes
The Moon
The Sun
What do wind and moving water have in common?
They both have mechanical energy.
They both have chemical energy.
They both have light energy.
They both have nuclear energy.
How is nuclear energy released?
By burning fuel
By moving turbines
By chemicals mixing
By atoms fusing together or splitting apart
This is the energy of movement. It is found in objects that are moving or have the potential to move.
Kinetic
Mechanical
Nuclear
Sound
This energy also known as light energy, is energy that travels through space as electrical and magnetic waves.
Electromagnetic
Nuclear
Electrical
Chemical
When using an iron to iron our clothes what is the original energy type and what is it transformed in to?
Original: Chemical
Formed: Nuclear
Original: Sound
Formed: Electrical
Original: Electrical
Formed: Thermal
Original: Chemical
Formed: Thermal
Gasoline is an example of which type of energy?
Nuclear
Sound
Chemical
Light
What kind of energy is powering your computer right now?
Thermal
Electrical
Mechanical
Sound
The Law of Conservation of Energy is...
Energy can never be transferred or transformed, only created or destroyed
Energy can never be created or destroyed, only transferred or transformed.
Energy does not exist.
Energy can only be destroyed, never created
When you drive a nail into an object, what type of energy is transferred?
Mechanical
Thermal
Sound
Electrical
Where is potential the highest on the roller coaster?
The top of the hill
Bottom of the hill
At the station when you get on
None of the above
A book that is held in the air has potential energy because....
it could be dropped
it makes your arms tired from holding it
it is heavy
it is still being lifted higher
If a book falls off of a high shelf, ______ energy is transformed to _______ energy
kinetic ---> kinetic
kinetic ---> potential
potential ---> potential
potential ---> kinetic
When a stretched rubber band is released its potential energy is transformed into ________ energy as the rubber band moves.
potential
kinetic
sound
light
Hearing music out of your computer speakers is what type of energy?
Thermal
Electrical
Sound
Mechanical
What type of energy transformation is this: playing a violin
thermal ---> mechanical
Mechanical ---> Sound
nuclear ---> Sound
Electrical ---> mechanical
What type of energy transformation is this: a hair dryer
Electrical ---> Nuclear
Mechnical ---> thermal
Electricity ---> thermal
Sound ---> Electricity
Holding a marble in place is what kind of energy?
Kinetic
Sound
Thermal
Potential
What is friction?
is a force that resists the sliding of two surfaces that are touching
The difference between potential and kinetic energy
the law that says energy can not be created or destroyed
None of the above
Which of the following is NOT an example of using chemical energy?
Lighting a glowstick
Eating food
Freezing water to make ice
Burning wood in a campfire
What type of energy transformation is this: a car driving down the road
Chemical ---> Mechanical
Mechanical ---> Chemical
Sound ---> Mechanical
Mechanical ---> Light
The total energy will always stay constant?
True
False
The potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom, and can be taken out by fission or fusion
Sound
Mechanical
Nuclear
Electrical
Which way do objects curve in the Northern Hemisphere?
Right
Left
Up
Down
The coldest layer of the atmosphere?
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
What is the first process of the water cycle?
Condensation
Precipitation
Runoff
Evaporation
What type of cloud is the highest and is whispy and curled?
Cumulus
Stratus
Cirrus
When I touch a hot pot and I burn my hand what type of heat transfer is this?
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Which of the following is NOT an example of thermal energy?
A hot stove
A grill
A Fire
A piece of wood
The temperature today was 65 degrees and it was sunny
Weather
Climate
When you rub your hands together what type of energy do you form?
Nuclear
Thermal/Heat
Electrical
None of the above
What form of energy is not produced when using your phone?
Nuclear
Sound
Radiant
Thermal
When a turbine rotates to produce electricity, what energy transformation takes place?
Thermal -> mechanical
Electrical -> electromagnetic
Chemical -> electrical
Mechanical -> electrical
Is air pressure greater at the surface or the top of the atmosphere?
Surface
Top of Atmosphere
