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Energy and Waves

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of energy?

a)

moving fast

b)

stored stuff

c)

power

d)

The ability to do work.

2.

What is another name for potential energy?

a)

movement energy

b)

stored energy

c)

renewable energy

d)

non renewable energy

3.

What is kinetic energy?

a)

movement energy

b)

potential energy

c)

stored energy

d)

renewable energy

4.

Which two of these things are examples of potential energy?

a)

a car motor

b)

firewood

c)

battery

d)

a fan

5.

What type of energy transformation occurs when a hawk uses the energy from its food to fly?

a)

kinetic energy to chemical energy

b)

thermal energy to kinetic energy

c)

chemical energy to kinetic energy

d)

kinetic energy to thermal energy

6.

Which object shows an energy transformation from electrical to kinetic?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

At what point does the roller coaster have the highest amount of gravitational potential energy?

a)

At the bottom of the first hill.

b)

At the top of the third hill.

c)

At the end of the ride.

d)

At the top of the first hill.

8.

If the speed of an object increases, what also increases?

a)

potential energy

b)

solar energy

c)

static energy

d)

kinetic energy

9.

What is another name for heat energy?

a)

radiation energy

b)

thermal energy

c)

cold energy

d)

fire energy

10.
What type of energy is in this picture?
a)
Kinetic
b)
Potential
c)
Chemical
d)
Sound
11.

When plants do photosynthesis, they convert the sun's energy into food. What energy transformation is occurring?

a)

kinetic → chemical

b)

chemical → light

c)

light → chemical

d)

heat → kinetic

12.

What is the name for a disturbance caused by energy moving through a system in a recurring pattern?

a)

Wave

b)

Amplitude

c)

Water

d)

Speed

13.

Many waves can only travel through substances that contain atoms, like the air or water. What is the name of these substances?

a)

medium

b)

middle

c)

meridian

d)

stuff

14.
The image above shows a student using a Slinky to create a wave. The slinky is stretched at one end and the resulting wave travels back and forth. This is an example of a...
a)
Superposition Wave
b)
Refracted Wave
c)
Longitudinal Wave
d)
Transverse Wave
15.
What do we call a wave where the particles move back and forth perpendicular to the direction the wave travels?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Sound
d)
Primary Seismic