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Vocab 13 and Forms of Energy

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Energy of the movement of electrons

a)

Potential

b)

Electrical

c)

Kinetic

d)

Mechanical

2.

The ability to do work or cause change

a)

Electrical Energy

b)

Stored Energy

c)

Energy

d)

Radiant Energy

3.

Energy stored in place or position.

a)

Potential Energy

b)

Gravitational Energy

c)

Sound Energy

d)

Kinetic Energy

4.

Stored energy and the energy of position

a)

Potential

b)

Kinetic

5.

Energy of the movement through substances in longitudinal waves (vibrations through the air)

a)

Radiant

b)

Mechanical

c)

Kinetic

d)

Sound

6.

The motion of waves, electrons, atoms, molecules, and substances

a)

Potential

b)

Kinetic

7.

Energy stored in objects by the application of force (elastic)

a)

Stored Mechanical

b)

Nuclear

c)

Chemical

d)

Gravitationl

8.

Energy stored in chemical bonds of atoms and molecules.

a)

Nuclear

b)

Mechanical

c)

Chemical

d)

Radiant

9.

The internal energy of a substance measured by the vibration/movement of atoms

a)

Radiant

b)

Chemical

c)

Thermal

d)

Sound

10.

Electromagnetic energy that travels in transverse waves

a)

Electrical

b)

Sound

c)

Chemical

d)

Radiant

11.

Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom

a)

Nuclear

b)

Sound

c)

Thermal

d)

Chemical

12.

Which of the following is NOT considered a form of potential energy?

a)

Electrical

b)

Chemical

c)

Nuclear

d)

Elastic (stored mechanical) Energy

13.

What scientific law states that energy can never be created or destroyed?

a)

Law of Conservation of Mass

b)

Law of Conservation of Matter

c)

Law of Conservation of Energy

d)

None of the above, because it can be created and destroyed

14.

Which roller coaster car has the most potential energy

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

15.

Which car has the least amount of potential energy?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

16.

A slingshot has been pulled back but has not been let go. This is an example of what kind of energy?

a)

Potential

b)

Kinetic

17.

A bobsled is moving at its greatest speed around the final turn. This is an example of what kind of energy?

a)

Potential

b)

Kinetic

18.

As the amount of gravitational potential energy increases what will happen to the amount of kinetic energy it turns in to? Think of the Ball Bounce Lab.

a)

It will be the same

b)

It will increase also

c)

It will decrease

19.

In the Ball Bounce Lab what was our independent variable?

a)

Bounce Height

b)

Type of Ball

c)

Drop Height

20.

When making a graph, the dependent variable (what you are measuring) goes on the __________.

a)

X Axis

b)

Y Axis