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GCSE PHYSICS - Retrieval Quiz 15 - Energy

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Heat transfer in the image.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
2.
Heat transfer in boiling water.
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
3.
On a cold rainy day a baby is touching a cold window.  It feels so cold. Which way is the heat moving moving? 
a)
Cold is moving from the window to the hand.
b)
Heat is moving from the hand to the window.
c)
Heat doesn't move.
d)
It moves in currents
4.
Heat transfer in wind.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
5.
Which ice cube will melt first?
a)
The large cube
b)
The small cube
c)
They will melt at the same rate
6.
A barefoot student steps on a hot concrete surface. Most of the heat transferred to the student’s skin by this contact is by the process of—
a)
convection
b)
conduction
c)
vaporization
d)
radiation
7.
A student opens the top window and the bottom window in a hot room. What statement best describes the heat transfer occurring in the room?
a)
conduction
b)
radiation
c)
convection
d)
evaporation
8.
Heat transfer always goes from-
a)
Cold to Hot
b)
Hot to Cold
c)
Heat doesn't transfer
d)
Freezing to Cold
9.
What happens to particles as they heat up?
a)
They slow down
b)
Nothing
c)
They don't move
d)
They speed up
10.

A hot drink has...

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Heat Energy

c)

Thermal Energy

d)

Nuclear Energy

11.

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

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Chemical Potential Energy

c)

Elastic Potential Energy

d)

Gravitational Potential Energy

12.

Energy stored in objects being stretched or squashed...

a)

Elastic Potential Energy

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Chemical Energy

d)

Thermal Energy

13.

Kinetic energy is measured in

a)

Newtons (N)

b)

Joules (J)

c)

kilograms (kg)

d)

metres per second (ms-1)

14.

What is the kinetic energy of a 4 kg shotput thrown with a speed of 13 ms-1.

Use EK = 1/2 m v2

a)

676 J

b)

52 J

c)

17J

d)

338 J

15.

What is the formula for Kinetic Energy?

a)

KE = mass x velocity

b)

KE= 1/2 x mass x velocity 2

c)

KE = mass x gravity x height

d)

KE = mass x velocity / 2

16.
The law of energy conservation says the total energy before the change _______ the total energy after it
a)
is less than
b)
is more than
c)
affects
d)
equals
17.

What happens when the ball goes from the highest position to the lowest position

a)

PE and KE increases and decreases together

b)

Impossible to know without knowing the mass of the object

c)

the PE decreases while KE increases

18.
Which of the following is a fossil fuel?
a)
Wind
b)
Coal
c)
Solar
d)
Biomass
19.
Hydroelectric power produces electricity using.....
a)
Wind
b)
Sunlight
c)
Moving water
d)
Dung
20.
 Energy from the sun is known as......... 
a)
hydroelectric energy
b)
geothermal energy
c)
solar energy
d)
wind energy