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Energy Vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the ability to cause change?

a)

energy

b)

power

c)

work

d)

potential

2.

What is the energy associated with the movement of the particles in a substance?

a)

electrical energy

b)

chemical energy

c)

elastic energy

d)

thermal energy

3.

What are the smallest particles that make up all matter?

a)

molecules

b)

atoms

c)

cells

d)

nuclei

4.

What term means transfer of thermal energy?

a)

elastic potential energy

b)

power

c)

work

d)

heat

5.

What kind of energy is transferred by electromagnetic waves?

a)

sound energy

b)

radiant energy

c)

chemical energy

6.

What do you call waves such as visible light, UV light, infrared waves, and x-rays?

a)

mechanical waves

b)

electromagnetic waves

c)

gravitational waves

d)

solar waves

7.

What kind of energy comes from the sun and is an example of radiant energy?

a)

thermal energy

b)

solar energy

c)

chemical energy

d)

nuclear energy

8.

What do you call energy stored within the chemical bonds of matter?

a)

thermal energy

b)

radiant energy

c)

chemical energy

9.

What kind of energy is flowing in an electric circuit?

a)

chemical energy

b)

electrical energy

c)

radiant energy

10.

What is the name for the energy that is due to the motion and position of an object?

a)

electrical energy

b)

thermal energy

c)

mechanical energy

d)

heat energy

11.

What kind of energy is related to the position of an object?

a)

mechanical potential energy

b)

mechanical kinetic energy

12.

What kind of energy does an object have because it is being stretched?

a)

gravitational potential energy

b)

electromagnetic energy

c)

elastic potential energy

13.

What kind of energy does an object have because of its height above the ground?

a)

mechanical elastic energy

b)

gravitational potential energy

c)

electromagnetic energy

14.

What kind of energy does an object have due to its motion?

a)

mechanical potential energy

b)

mechanical kinetic energy

15.

What does the Law of Conservation of Energy state?

a)

Energy cannot be created or destroyed

b)

Energy can be created but not destroyed

c)

Energy cannot be created but it can be destroyed

16.

What term means energy changing from one form to another?

a)

energy transformation

b)

photosynthesis

c)

thermal energy