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Energy Pre Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Energy...
a)
is the ability to do work or cause a change
b)
is all the movement in the universe
c)
cannot be created or destroyed
d)
all of the above
2.
Energy can be classified into these two categories.
a)
Potential and kinetic
b)
Gravitational and elastic
c)
Light and sound
d)
Kinetic and movement
3.
What is kinetic energy?
a)
Thermal energy
b)
Nuclear energy
c)
Energy in motion
d)
Stored energy
4.
What is potential energy?
a)
Thermal energy
b)
Nuclear energy
c)
Energy in motion
d)
Stored energy
5.
Which is an example of kinetic energy?
a)
A book sitting on a shelf
b)
A marble rolling down a ramp
c)
A parked car
d)
An elastic band
6.
Which is an example of potential energy?
a)
A car sitting at the top of a hill
b)
A kite flying in the air
c)
A fox chasing a mouse
d)
A bowling ball rolling
7.
What type of energy is stored inside a battery?
a)
elastic potential energy
b)
gravitational potential energy
c)
chemical potential energy
d)
kinetic energy
8.
What type of energy is the girl storing in the bow?
a)
Light Energy
b)
Elastic Potential Energy
c)
Chemical Potential Energy
d)
Thermal Energy
9.
An energy transformation is when...
a)
energy turns into a robot
b)
energy changes from one form to another
c)
energy is created
d)
energy is used up
10.
Describe the energy in this picture.
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
Potential and Kinetic
d)
The slinky has no energy.
11.
Describe the energy transformation in this picture.
a)
Potential to Kinetic
b)
Kinetic to Potential
c)
No transformation - it's all potential.
d)
No transformation - it's all kinetic.
12.
What is Pitch?
a)
How loud or soft a sound is
b)
muscle that holds vocal cords
c)
movement back and forth
d)
how high or low a sound is
13.
How does sound travel?
a)
Sounds travels in waves
b)
sound travels slow
c)
sound travels fast
d)
sound doesn't travel
14.
What do waves look like when they're high sounding?
a)
They're long
b)
They're short
15.
What do sound waves look like when they're low?
a)
They're long
b)
they're short
16.
What is vibration?
a)
the rate at which sound waves occur
b)
movement back and forth
c)
how high or low a sound is
17.
Why can't we hear sound in space?
a)
can't take our helmet off to hear
b)
Space has no mass / no gas/ solids/ liquids
c)
because it's dark
d)
Don't know, I've never been to space
18.
What happens when we hear an echo?
a)
We know there is danger
b)
there must be someone yelling back to us
c)
Sound is reflected off a surface and repeated back
d)
sounds waves are traveling really fast
19.
Why do we see lightning before we hear the thunder?
a)
Our eyes trick us
b)
Light travels faster than sound
c)
they're two separate things
20.
How can we protect our ears from hearing loss?
a)
wear ear plugs
b)
put our fingers in our ears
c)
Try not to listen to loud things
d)
All of the above
21.
Sound travels through the air as waves.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Sound is a form of? 
a)
energy
b)
pitch
c)
volume
23.
You stand outside a room that has the doors and windows closed. Why can you still hear sounds made inside the room?
a)
Vibrations are absorbed in the doors and windows
b)
Vibrations are reflected inside the room
c)
Vibrations travel through the door and the window
d)
Vibrations echo in the room
24.

Which is NOT a way that heat can be produced?

a)

electricity

b)

rubbing your hands together

c)

fire

d)

rain

25.

What is the earth's main source of heat?

a)

the moon

b)

the sun

c)

the ocean

d)

forests

26.

What is a conductor?

a)

a material that electrons moves through easily

b)

a material that electrons does not move through easily

c)

a material that turns cold when heated

d)

a tool for measuring temperature

27.

What is an insulator?

a)

a material that electrons moves through easily

b)

a material that electrons do not move through easily

c)

a material that turns cold when heated

d)

a tool for measuring temperature

28.

Which of these is a better conductor?

a)
b)
29.

Hot air rises.

a)

true

b)

false

30.
Heat transfers from ______ objects to cold objects. 
a)
Cold
b)
Hot
c)
Convection
d)
Radiation 
31.
Hot air ______ while cool air ____
a)
Sinks, Rises
b)
Rises, Rises
c)
Rises, Sinks
d)
Convection, Radiation 
32.
Rubber is considered an _____
a)
Conductor
b)
Insulator
c)
Radiation 
d)
None of the above
33.

Why do electricians always wrap wires in plastic?

a)

Plastic comes in many different colors

b)

Plastic is a good electrical conductor

c)

Plastic makes the wires easy to bend

d)

Plastic is a good electrical insulator

34.

Which of these materials is a good conductor of electricity?

a)

Rubber

b)

Metal

c)

Newspaper

d)

Glass

35.

The student conducted an experiment with circuits. Why was the bulb bright when he closed the switch?

a)

The switch produced an electric current

b)

Closing the switch broke the circuit

c)

Closing the switch completed the circuit

d)

The switch did not make a difference

36.

Look and identify the power station shown in the picture.

a)

geothermal

b)

solar thermal

c)

hydroelectric

d)

fossil-fueled

37.

Put a point on the load.

A
B
C
38.

Draw me a model of a complete circuit using a battery, two wires and a lightbulb.

39.

Match the following

a)
1.

Source

b)
2.

Path

c)
3.

Load

40.

Who is your favorite science teacher?​ ​ ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Mr. Karsten
Mr. Carsten

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