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Energy Stores and System Changes

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A hot drink has...

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Heat Energy

c)

Thermal Energy

d)

Nuclear Energy

2.

A cyclist at the top of a hill has...

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Chemical Potential Energy

c)

Elastic Potential Energy

d)

Gravitational Potential Energy

3.

Humans get their energy from...

a)

Chemical Potential Energy

b)

Thermal Energy

c)

Kinetic Energy

d)

Nuclear Energy

4.

Energy Stored in an atoms nucleus is..

a)

Atomic Energy

b)

Electrostatic Energy

c)

Nuclear Energy

d)

Elemental Energy

5.

Energy stored in objects being stretched or squashed...

a)

Elastic Potential Energy

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Chemical Energy

d)

Thermal Energy

6.
When an object is moved to a higher position, what name is given to the energy it then stores?
a)
Gravitational Potential
b)
Elastic
c)
Height
d)
Kinetic
7.
What type of energy is stored in food and fuel?
a)
Chemical
b)
Thermal
c)
Potential
d)
Calories
8.

When a ball falls from a height the energy is transferred from the gravitational potential store to the kinetic store of the ball by

a)

Radiation

b)

Electric current

c)

Heating

d)

Work done

9.

When a battery is used to power a motor, the chemical energy store of the battery is transferred to the kinetic store of the motor by

a)

Work done

b)

Electric current

c)

Waves

d)

Heating

10.

Energy is transferred from the thermal store of the Sun to the thermal store of the Earth by

a)

Work done

b)

Radiation

c)

Heating

d)

Electric current

11.

Energy is transferred from the kinetic store of a singer's vocal cords to the kinetic store of your eardrums by

a)

Work done

b)

Electric current

c)

Heating

d)

Radiation

12.

In a wind up toy, energy is transferred from the ________ energy store of the spring to the _________ energy store of the toy

a)

kinetic, gravitational

b)

elastic potential, kinetic

c)

thermal, thermal

d)

chemical, nuclear

13.

A battery is connected to a motor that lifts a mass. The chemical energy store of the battery is transferred by ______ ______ to the kinetic energy store of the motor, which is transferred by ______ ______ to the gravitational and kinetic stores of the mass.

a)

electric current, work done

b)

heating, radiation

c)

electric current, heating

d)

radiation, work done

14.

When you eat fruits and vegetables, chemical bonds are releasing stored energy, this is...

a)

a. thermal energy

b)

b. sound energy

c)

c. electrical energy

d)

d. chemical energy

15.
Any time an energy conversion takes place, some of the original energy is converted to which one of the following?
a)
a. sound energy
b)
b. potential energy
c)
c. light energy
d)
d. thermal energy
16.
Where is the potential energy the greatest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
17.

What is a system?

a)

A series of actions

b)

Energy transfer

c)

An object or group of objects

d)

Repeated actions

18.

What is energy transfer?

a)

Movement of energy from one store to another

b)

Losing energy

c)

Useful energy

d)

Heat

19.
Chemical store of energy
a)
Energy stored in a moving objet
b)
Energy stored in an object due to chemcial reactions
c)
Energy stored in an object due to it’s positon in a gravitational field
d)
Energy stored in a hot object
20.

Kinetic store of energy

a)

Energy stored in a moving objet

b)

Energy stored in an object due to chemical reactions

c)

Energy stored in an object due to it’s positon in a gravitational field

d)

Energy stored in a hot object

21.

Gravitational potential store of energy

a)

Energy stored in a moving objet

b)

Energy stored in an object due to chemical reactions

c)

Energy stored in an object due to it’s positon in a gravitational field

d)

Energy stored in a hot object

22.

Thermal store of energy

a)

Energy stored in a moving objet

b)

Energy stored in an object due to chemical reactions

c)

Energy stored in an object due to it’s positon in a gravitational field

d)

Energy stored in a hot object