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Forms of Energy

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is energy? Choose the best answer.

a)

Anything that radiates light or heat.

b)

Anything that travels in the form of a wave.

c)

Any object in motion.

d)

Anything that makes matter move or change.

2.

Which of these objects has kinetic energy?

a)

A ball moving through the air.

b)

A ball sitting on a table.

c)

A ball buried underground.

d)

A ball sitting on the edge of a cliff.

3.

What is the difference between kinetic energy and potential energy?

a)

Potential energy is the energy of objects at rest; kinetic energy is the energy of objects in motion.

b)

Kinetic energy is the energy of objects at rest; potential energy is the energy of objects in motion.

c)

Potential energy has to do with chemistry; kinetic energy has to do with physics.

d)

Kinetic energy has to do with chemistry; potential energy has to do with physics.

4.

Which of the following objects has the most potential energy?

a)

A ball sitting on a table.

b)

A ball resting on the ground.

c)

A ball sitting on a mountaintop.

d)

A ball that's been thrown into the air.

5.

Which of the following terms is synonymous with potential energy?

a)

Stored energy

b)

Motion energy

c)

Light energy

d)

Kinetic energy

6.

What is the primary source of all light energy on earth?

a)

Lightning

b)

Volcanoes

c)

The Moon

d)

The Sun

7.

What do wind and moving water have in common?

a)

They both have mechanical energy.

b)

They both have chemical energy.

c)

They both have light energy.

d)

They both have nuclear energy.

8.

How is nuclear energy released?

a)

By burning fuel

b)

By moving turbines

c)

By chemicals mixing

d)

By atoms fusing together or splitting apart

9.

Kinetic and potential energy are the two types of energy that relate to:

a)

Change

b)

Friction

c)

Density

d)

Motion

10.

What is potential energy?

a)

The stored energy of an object due to its position or condition.

b)

The energy that an object has due to its motion.

c)

The energy an object has due to its speed.

d)

The energy an object has due to its volume.

11.

What is kinetic energy?

a)

The stored energy of an object due to its position or condition.

b)

The energy that an object has due to its motion.

c)

The energy an object has due to its existence.

d)

The energy an object has due to its volume.

12.

The amount of kinetic energy an object has depends on its:

a)

Mass and volume.

b)

Volume and friction.

c)

Mass and speed.

d)

Speed and density.

13.

Which of the following has the most kinetic energy?

a)

A car traveling at 80 kph.

b)

A tractor-trailer traveling at 80 kph.

c)

A cheetah running at 80 kph.

d)

A motorcycle traveling at 80 kph.

14.

When is kinetic energy transferred from object to object?

a)

When those objects pass one another

b)

When the first object outweighs the second object

c)

When the first object has more potential energy than the second object

d)

When those objects collide

15.

In a generator, kinetic energy is transformed into:

a)

Motion

b)

Potential energy

c)

Electrical energy

d)

Solar power

16.

The code to claim the gauntlet is 27534!

a)

27534

b)

Wrong