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7th grade forms of energy practice quiz

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 2hrs 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Petroleum, natural gas, propane, and coal are examples.

a)

Chemical Energy

b)

Electromagnetic Energy

c)

Mechanical Energy

d)

Gravitational Potential Energy

2.
Energy stored in the bonds of atoms and molecules. 
a)
Chemical Energy
b)
Radiant Energy
c)
Stored Mechanical Energy
d)
Gravitational Energy
3.
Stored energy 
a)
Thermal Energy
b)
Stored Mechanical Energy
c)
Kinetic Energy
d)
Potential Energy
4.
Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom-the energy that holds the nucleus together. The energy in the nucleus of a uranium atom is an example.
a)
Electrical Energy
b)
Nuclear Energy
c)
Radiant Energy
d)
Potential Energy
5.

Compressed springs and stretched rubber bands are examples.

a)

Gravitational Potential Energy

b)

Elastic Potential Energy

c)

Thermal Energy

d)

Kinetic Energy

6.
Energy of place or position. 
a)
Gravitational Energy
b)
Mechanical Energy
c)
Thermal Energy
d)
Chemical Energy
7.
Motion Energy
a)
Stored Mechanical Energy
b)
Potential Energy
c)
Electrical Energy
d)
Kinetic Energy
8.

What is energy?

a)

The ability to do work

b)

A force

c)

Electricity

d)

The ability to transform work

9.
Energy of motion is which type of energy?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
Sound
d)
Gravitational
10.

What type of energy is in this picture?

a)

Kinetic

b)

Elastic Potential

c)

Chemical

d)

Thermal

11.

When plants convert the sun's energy into food, which type of energy is it?

a)

kinetic

b)

chemical

c)

thermal

d)

nuclear

12.

What kind of energy is represented in this picture?

a)

Thermal

b)

Elastic Potential

c)

Nuclear

d)

Mechanical

13.

What kind of energy?

a)

Thermal

b)

Electrical

c)

Mechanical

d)

Electromagnetic

14.

What kind of energy does this device use?

a)

Chemical

b)

Electrical

c)

Thermal

d)

Nuclear

15.

What kind of energy is represented in the picture?

a)

Thermal

b)

Chemical

c)

Gravitational Potential

d)

Nuclear

16.

Work is:

a)

A transfer of energy by a force to move an object

b)

Something you get paid for

c)

Something you take home

d)

Makes you sweat

17.

On a roller coaster, where is maximum gravitational potential 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

18.
The ultimate source of energy is:
a)
The sky
b)
The sun
c)
Plants
d)
Movement
19.
Kinetic Energy is:
a)
Energy of motion
b)
always conserved
c)
Energy due to position
20.
Potential Energy is:
a)
The energy of motion
b)
always conserved
c)
The energy due to position
21.
Mechanical energy
a)
energy built up before being in motion
b)
energy released in a chemical reaction
c)
energy of motion
d)
sum of kinetic and potential energy
22.
what type of energy is stored in a battery?
a)
electrical
b)
chemical
c)
thermal
d)
mechanical
23.

Energy that causes a change in temperature is...

a)

electrical energy

b)

light energy

c)

mechanical energy

d)

sound energy

e)

thermal energy

24.

Energy is the ability to cause __________.

a)

heat

b)

motion

c)

change

d)

instability

25.

Chemical energy is stored and released in the ___________ between atoms.

a)

bonds

b)

space

c)

interactions

d)

chemicals

26.

Energy used to power nuclear plants to make electricity is _________.

a)

Chemical Energy

b)

Nuclear Fission

c)

Electrical Energy

d)

Nuclear Fusion

27.

In order to have kinetic energy, an object must have speed and ____________.

a)

inertia

b)

momentum

c)

mass

d)

vigor

28.

The sum of the gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy of an object.

a)

mechanical energy

b)

thermal energy

c)

chemical energy

d)

potentially kinetic energy

29.

Which type of energy is produced when the handle of a pencil sharpener turns?

a)

Chemical Energy

b)

Electromagnetic Energy

c)

Electrical Energy

d)

Mechanical Energy

30.
A student rides a bicycle to school. This is an example of energy because the student
a)
becomes hot and sweats
b)
gets tired pedaling the bicycle
c)
rides the bicycle to and from school
d)
pushes the pedals and the bicycles moves
31.
The ability to do work is the definition for which word
a)
chemical energy
b)
mechanical energy
c)
Energy
d)
produce
32.
Which of the following is NOT mechanical energy?
a)
Pedaling a bike
b)
Rowing a boat
c)
Turning on a light bulb
d)
Running up a hill
33.
What is mechanical energy?
a)
The energy of movement
b)
The energy of making things warmer
c)
The energy that is stored in an object
d)
The energy that comes from electricity
34.
Which of the following is a way thermal energy is used at school every day?
a)
Cooking food for lunch
b)
Writing with a pencil
c)
Looking in a mirror
d)
Turning on the lights
35.
Heat is another name for-
a)
thermal energy
b)
magnetic energy
c)
electrical energy
d)
mechanical energy
36.
Which of the following is NOT a form of thermal energy?
a)
Sun
b)
Bicycle moving
c)
Fire
d)
Oven
37.
Our bodies produce heat energy?
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
38.
What type of energy does an oven produce?
a)
light 
b)
heat
c)
light and heat
d)
none of the above
39.
All of the following are examples of things that produce light energy EXCEPT-
a)
Candle
b)
Compass
c)
Desk Lamp
d)
Flashlight
40.
The Sun produces
a)
light and heat energy
b)
sound and light energy
c)
heat and sound energy
d)
electrical and light energy
41.
Which of the following does NOT produce light energy?
a)
car
b)
phone
c)
picture frame
d)
computer
42.

Sid pushes a rock off his desk. What happens to the mechanical energy of the rock as it falls?

a)

It increases.

b)

It loses kinetic energy.

c)

It gains potential energy.

d)

It stays the same.

43.

Erin records several statements about kinetic energy in her notebook. Which is true?

a)

Kinetic energy is the energy of motion.

b)

Kinetic energy is the energy of an object at rest.

c)

Kinetic energy will cause motion in an object at rest.

d)

Kinetic energy is the total amount of potential energy and mechanical energy.

44.

What is energy?

a)

A push or pull on an object

b)

Ability to do work

c)

Is a process

45.

Energy can be categorized into two types. What are those two types?

a)

Light and Dark

b)

Addition and Subtraction

c)

Kinetic and Potential

46.

What is kinetic energy?

a)

Energy of movement

b)

Stored energy

c)

Energy we see

47.

What is potential energy?

a)

Energy of movement

b)

Stored energy

c)

Energy we see

48.

Which type of energy is energy of moving particles?

a)

Mechanical

b)

Elastic

c)

Thermal

d)

Chemical

49.

What type of energy is energy of objects in motion?

a)

Thermal

b)

Mechanical

c)

Sound

d)

Chemical

50.

What form of energy can we see?

a)

Nuclear

b)

Electromagnetic in the Form of Light

c)

Chemical

d)

Thermal

51.

Which type of energy is energy stored in food?

a)

Chemical

b)

Elastic

c)

Thermal

d)

Mechanical

52.

What type of energy is stored in objects that are stretched?

a)

Mechanical

b)

Chemical

c)

Elastic

d)

Gravitational

53.
The Sun produces
a)
light and heat energy
b)
sound and light energy
c)
heat and sound energy
d)
electrical and light energy
54.
A stick of butter is placed in a pot to make macaroni and cheese. The butter melts. What causes the butter to melt?
a)
thermal energy
b)
sound energy
c)
light energy
d)
gravity
55.

Food that is cooking on the stove is an example of what kind of energy?

a)

heat

b)

nuclear

c)

electromagnetic

d)

chemical

56.

All types of stored energy are classified as

a)

kinetic energy

b)

potential energy

c)

mechanical energy

d)

electricity

57.

All known energy on Earth comes from

a)

the Earth's core

b)

nuclear processes

c)

the Sun

d)

photosynthesis

58.

Energy an object or substance has because of its position

a)

electricity

b)

gravitational energy

c)

thermal energy

d)

stored mechanical energy

59.

Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom that holds the atom together; energy released during fission

a)

gravitational energy

b)

radiant energy

c)

chemical energy

d)

nuclear energy

60.

Energy stored in the bonds of atoms and molecules that holds molecules together

a)

nuclear energy

b)

radiant energy

c)

chemical energy

d)

thermal energy

61.

Energy of the movement of the atoms and molecules within substances.

a)

thermal energy

b)

electromagnetic energy

c)

mechanical energy

d)

chemical energy

62.
Energy causes ___________ to occur.
a)
change
b)
motion
c)
age
63.

When you crack a glow stick you see light because of the glow stick's

a)

chemical energy

b)

electrical energy

c)

electromagnetic energy

d)

nuclear energy

64.

Mixing baking soda and vinegar is an example of

a)

chemical energy

b)

nuclear energy

c)

mechanical energy

d)

electromagnetic energy

65.

A toaster powered by _________ energy uses ___________ energy to cook toast, which contains ____________ energy.

a)

electrical, thermal, chemical

b)

thermal, nuclear, electromagnetic

c)

electromagnetic, thermal, nuclear

d)

chemical, electromagnetic, nuclear

66.

The two main places where you will find nuclear energy are

a)

the sun and a nuclear power plant

b)

a nuclear power plant and your house

c)

any electrical power plant and the sun

d)

the sun and anything powered by solar energy

67.

Electromagnetic energy is energy that

a)

is stored in the bonds between atoms

b)

is the energy of moving objects

c)

travels through space as waves

d)

is stored in our food

68.

A radio is an example of

a)

electromagnetic energy (radio waves)

b)

chemical energy

c)

mechanical energy

d)

nuclear energy

69.

A microwave oven cooks food using

a)

electromagnetic energy

b)

thermal energy

c)

nuclear energy

d)

chemical energy

70.

You get a sunburn because of

a)

electromagnetic energy

b)

thermal energy

c)

chemical energy

d)

nuclear energy

71.

An x-ray machine words because of

a)

electromagnetic energy

b)

nuclear energy

c)

thermal energy

d)

chemical energy

72.

Most household appliances are powered by

a)

nuclear energy

b)

electrical energy

c)

electromagnetic energy

d)

chemical energy

73.

You can tell if something uses electrical energy if it

a)

has batteries or plugs into the wall

b)

has chemical reactions

c)

contains uranium or other radioactive elements

d)

lights up

74.

A fan is an example of

a)

mechanical energy

b)

thermal energy

c)

nuclear energy

d)

chemical energy

75.

Gasoline to power a car is an example of

a)

chemical energy

b)

electrical energy

c)

mechanical energy

d)

nuclear energy

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