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Unit 8 Energy Test Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does it mean to bounce off a surface?

a)

pitch

b)

reflect

c)

refract

2.

What is any push or pull?

a)

energy

b)

gravity

c)

force

3.

What is the force of attraction between two objects?

a)

force

b)

energy

c)

gravity

4.

What is the highness or lowness of a sound?

a)

pitch

b)

refract

c)

tone

5.

What is the ability to do work?

a)

force

b)

energy

c)

velocity

6.

True or False: A guitar string will vibrate if plucked.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

True or False: A high frequency wavelength has wave tops that are far apart.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

True or False: If you sing in a tile bathroom your voice will not echo.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

True or False: When there is a rainbow in the sky, raindrops acts as prisms.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

True or False: Humans can see all of the electromagnetic spectrum.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

True or False: Lenses are tools used for refracting light.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

True or False: The farther away an object is from the light source, the smaller the shadow.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Potential or Kinetic: Running

a)

Potential

b)

Kinetic

14.

Potential or Kinetic: A ball on top of a hill

a)

Potential

b)

Kinetic

15.

Potential or Kinetic: A light switch turned off.

a)

Potential

b)

Kinetic

16.

Which of these machines is an example of a compound machine?

a)

wedge

b)

a pair of scissors

c)

a wheel and axle

d)

lever

17.

The words concave and convex describe

a)

types of lenses

b)

types of light

c)

the light spectrum

d)

sound waves

18.

To bend when passing from one object to another is to

a)

reflect

b)

magnify

c)

transparent

d)

refract

19.

Forces can affect the rate of an object's motion. Which of these is a force?

a)

friction

b)

acceleration

c)

speed

d)

velocity

20.

Astronauts in outer space float because one of the forces we experience on Earth is much less in space. Which force is it?

a)

friction

b)

velocity

c)

gravity

d)

acceleration

21.

Energy is involved when you turn on a lamp. The lamp changes electrical energy into light energy. Which other form of energy is also involved when the lamp is on?

a)

solar energy

b)

heat energy

c)

sound energy

d)

wind energy

22.

Skateboarding was first started in the 1950s, when all across California surfers got the idea of trying to surf on streets. Today, many people enjoy skateboarding. What change can a skateboarder make to increase the speed of a skateboard?

a)

Make a longer ramp so it is not as steep.

b)

Make a ramp as smooth and slick as possible.

c)

Begin skateboarding from the middle of the ramp.

d)

Wear a heavy backpack while skateboarding on a ramp.

23.

A book falls on the floor. Which is the main form of energy that results when the book strikes the floor?

a)

heat energy

b)

light energy

c)

sound energy

d)

chemical energy

24.

The pictures below show a boy and a girl playing musical instruments. The boy's guitar makes a higher sound than the girl's drum. Which reason BEST describes why this might happen?

a)

The drum has a higher pitch than the guitar.

b)

The drum makes a louder sound that the guitar.

c)

The guitar's parts vibrate, but the drums parts do not.

d)

The guitar's parts vibrate more quickly than the drum's parts.

25.

Shreya is using a piece of equipment that she built. The picture below shows the position of the spring and the ball. If Shreya squeezes the spring to half its length in the picture, what effect will that have on the ball?

a)

The ball will create more energy.

b)

The ball's kinetic energy will decrease.

c)

The ball's potential energy will increase.

d)

The ball's potential energy will decrease.

26.

The energy of flowing water can be converted into other forms of energy. Which form of energy does flowing water possess that can be converted into other forms of energy.

a)

electrical energy

b)

gravitational energy

c)

kinetic energy

d)

wind energy

27.

What is absorbed by a red shirt?

a)

all colors of light except a red light

b)

red light

c)

all light

d)

white light

28.

Who is the scientist that developed the 3 laws of motion?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Sir Isaac Newton

d)

Sir Smith Scott

29.

Simple machines only have 1 or 2 main parts and make work easier. Which of the following is NOT an example of a simple machine?

a)

seesaw

b)

bicycle

c)

ax

d)

ramp

30.

In a lever, the fixed point that the bar balances on is called the...

a)

effort force

b)

machine

c)

resulting force

d)

fulcrum