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Energy Unit Review #1

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Gravitational potential energy depends on the ________ and ________ of the object.

a)

Height and mass

b)

Friction and movement

c)

Mass and volume

d)

Height and volume

2.

What is true about the rock at the edge of a cliff?

a)

It has more kinetic energy at the top of the cliff than at the bottom of the cliff.

b)

It has less potential energy at the top of the cliff than at the bottom of the cliff.

c)

It has more potential energy at the top of the cliff than at the bottom of the cliff.

3.

At which point is potential energy greatest?

a)

W

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

4.

Which point has the most kinetic energy?

a)

a

b)

f

c)

b

d)

d

5.
What does friction produce?
a)
light
b)
sound
c)
heat
d)
gravity
6.

When sliding down the slide, Sally experiences....

a)

lots of Friction

b)

little Friction

7.

A force where two objects move in opposite directions...

a)

gravity

b)

newton

c)

friction

d)

heat

8.
The movement of energy by waves 
a)
Wave
b)
Solar Energy
c)
Heat Waves 
d)
Radiation 
9.

Heat energy ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS...

a)

Moves from HOT to COLD

b)

Moves from COLD to HOT

10.

Which is an example of radiation?

a)

boiling a pot of noodles for dinner

b)

getting hot from lying in the sun

c)

feeling warm while taking a shower

d)

burning yourself after touching a hot plate

11.

Which is the best example of conduction?

a)

boiling a pot of water

b)

feeling heat from a fireplace

c)

a hot air balloon rising and falling

d)

touching a hot handle and getting burned

12.

Which best describes the transfer of heat due to the movement of gases and liquids?

a)

radiation

b)

convection

c)

evaporation

d)

condensation

13.

Which is an example of heat being transferred by conduction?

a)

a furnace heating the air in a school

b)

an ice cube melting in a person's hand

c)

a pot of water on a stove boiling

d)

the sun heating water in a swimming pool

14.

The grapes have MORE MASS than the orange.

Which fruit will have more kinetic energy if falling at the same time?

a)

orange

b)

grapes

c)

they will have the same

15.
What is the mass of this pear when each cube stands for 50 grams?
a)
200 grams
b)
150 grams
c)
100 grams
d)
50 grams
16.

(CHECK 2 Answers):

If all the objects from this cupboard were to fall, which objects would have the MOST kinetic energy?

a)

objects at the highest height

b)

objects at the lowest height

c)

objects with small mass (light weight)

d)

objects with large mass (heavy weight)

17.

Renewable energy resources produce less_____________ than fossil fuels.

a)

pollution

b)

energy

c)

wind

d)

light

18.
__________is the energy created by wind turning wind turbines.
a)
Geothermal
b)
Hydro
c)
Wind
d)
Nuclear
19.
What type of energy resource is wind?
a)
Nonrenewable
b)
Renewable
c)
Exhaustible 
20.
Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
21.
Hyrdo Power is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
22.
__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.
a)
Renewable Energy Resource
b)
Nonrenewable Energy Resource