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Energy

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of energy is elastic energy?

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Potential Energy

c)

Chemical Energy

d)

Mechanical Energy

2.

Which group of energies are both examples of Kinetic energy?

a)

Mechanical, Thermal

b)

Elastic, Gravitational

c)

Electrical, Chemical

d)

Nuclear, Thermal

3.

____________________ is the storage of energy

a)

Chemical Energy

b)

Potential Energy

c)

Mechanical Energy

d)

Kinetic Energy

4.

Which of the following shows an example of Potential Energy?

a)

A football flying through the air

b)

Two kids high-fiving

c)

A rock sitting on top of a high ledge

d)

A flashlight shining brightly

5.

What is it called when two surfaces pass across one another creating heat?

a)

Thermal Energy

b)

Friction

c)

Motion Energy

d)

Photosynthesis

6.

When rolling a marble down a ramp when does it have the most potential energy?

a)

At the bottom of the ramp

b)

While traveling down the ramp

c)

While being lifted to the top of the ramp

d)

At the top of the ramp

7.

Four balls are thrown at the same velocity, with different masses. Which ball has the most kinetic energy?

a)

The 20g ball

b)

The 50g ball

c)

The 24g ball

d)

The 40g ball

8.

As a two kids play on a teeter totter (seesaw) when do they have the most potential energy?

a)

When they are at their highest point

b)

Just before their muscles push them upward

c)

As they begin coming down

d)

When they reach the lowest point

9.

Two kids are bowling and both choose the same ball. Whose ball will have the most force?

a)

The one who is tallest

b)

The one who has the best shoes

c)

The one who can throw the ball the fastest

d)

The one who uses the heaviest ball

10.

Design an experiment that adds or removes energy to a chemical reaction

a)

If we heat water and change it to a gas

b)

If we heat an ice cube, to see if it will melt faster.

c)

Heat water and add salt, to see if the salt will dissolve faster.

d)

Heat vinegar and add baking soda, to see if it will react faster.

11.

Where does your body get its potential energy?

a)

From Sleep

b)

From Food

c)

From the Sun

d)

From Rainbows

12.

What type of potential energy provides the energy needed to burn wood?

a)

Nuclear

b)

Chemical

c)

Thermal

d)

Elastic

13.

When lighting a match, why must it be drawn rapidly along a rough surface?

a)

It is traditional

b)

To provide an electrical spark

c)

The rough surface shortens the match

d)

To provide heat to start the reaction

14.

Sound is caused by?

a)

Force

b)

Vibrations

c)

Instruments

d)

Air

15.

Identify E

a)

Wavelength

b)

Crest

c)

Trough

d)

Amplitude

16.

Identify the amplitude

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

17.

What type of wave is this?

a)

A transverse wave

b)

A longitudinal wave

c)

A roller coaster

d)

An ocean wave

18.

Define the term Frequency

a)

The height of the wave

b)

The smell of the wave

c)

How many waves occur per second

d)

The rate it takes a wave to loose all its energy.

19.

What mediums can a Longitudinal wave pass through?

a)

Solid, Liquid, Gas

b)

a vacuum, Solids

c)

Sound

d)

Fluids

20.

What wave has particles that move perpendicularly to the direction of the wave?

a)

Transverse waves

b)

Longitudinal waves

c)

Sound waves

d)

Light waves

21.

If you increase the energy put into a wave how will the change the wave?

a)

Change the crest

b)

Change the trough

c)

Change the type of wave

d)

Change the frequency

22.

Which wave has the biggest amplitude?

a)

Figure 1

b)

Figure 2

c)

Figure 3

d)

Figure 4

23.

Which wave has the highest frequency

a)

Figure 1

b)

Figure 2

c)

Figure 3

d)

Figure 4

24.

How does the density of an object impact the speed of a sound wave?

a)

Sound travels the fastest in gas mediums

b)

The less-dense the medium, the faster it travels

c)

The density of the medium does not affect the speed of sound

d)

The denser the medium, the faster it travels

25.

What will happen to sound waves traveling through the water when they reach the air?

a)

they will speed up

b)

they will slow down

c)

they will not change

d)

they will stop