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ENERGY TYPES

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Kinetic Energy is defined as
a)
Energy stored due to its location
b)
Energy of motion
c)
Energy stored in the bonds of molecules
d)
Heat energy
2.
Food is a form of this type of energy.
a)
Light energy
b)
Chemical energy
c)
Sound energy
d)
Thermal energy
3.

What is energy?

a)

Energy is something that is moving.

b)

Energy is something that builds up when something is at rest.

c)

Energy describes the ability of things to change themselves or to cause change to other things.

d)

All of the above accurately describe ENERGY.

4.

Which option is the correct unit of measurement for energy?

a)

Joule (J)

b)

Kilogram (kg)

c)

Newton (N)

d)

Jewel (je)

5.

TRUE or FALSE. Potential energy is stored energy. It is relative to its position and location.

a)

True

b)

False: Potential energy is energy in motion.

6.

TRUE or FALSE. Kinetic energy is relative to its position and location, and it is a form of stored energy.

a)

True

b)

False: Kinetic energy is energy in motion.

7.

Which example best relates to chemical energy?

a)

A lamp plugged into an electrical outlet.

b)

Gasoline burning in a car's engine causing the car to move.

8.

When you consume food, is that a form of chemical potential energy?

a)

Yes, because the food chemically breaks down inside your body helping your body store energy to use when needed.

b)

No, because your body digests the food you eat and does not store the energy for future consumption.

9.

What is the form of energy associated with visible light?

a)

light energy

b)

thermal energy

c)

chemical energy

d)

kinetic energy

10.

What is the form of energy that is created using heat? This form of energy makes particles of matter move faster.

a)

light energy

b)

thermal energy

c)

chemical energy

d)

kinetic energy

11.

What is the energy of moving objects, or the energy of moving parts of a machine?

a)

electrical energy

b)

solar energy

c)

mechanical energy

d)

potential energy

12.

What type of energy is in this slingshot?

a)

Kinetic

b)

Elastic Potential

c)

Gravitational Potential

d)

Chemical

13.
What kind of energy do scissors use?
a)
Thermal
b)
Electrical
c)
Mechanical
d)
Solar
14.
What kind of energy is represented in the picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Chemical
c)
Sound
d)
Nuclear
15.

Energy that comes from changes in the nucleus of an atom

a)

thermal

b)

mechanical

c)

electric

d)

nuclear

16.

energy of motion

a)

kinetic

b)

potential

c)

mechanical

d)

electromagnetic

17.

The energy stored in a bow right before you release the arrow is called ______________________________

a)

gravitational potential energy

b)

elastic potential energy

c)

chemical energy

d)

kinetic energy

18.

How are different forms of energy related?

a)

they can all be transformed into other forms of energy

b)

none of them can be transformed into other forms of energy

c)

they can be created

d)

they can be destroyed

19.

What is an example of multiple energy transformations?

a)

Your body transforms chemical to thermal

b)

Your body transforms chemical to mechanical

c)

a flashlight converts chemical energy in batteries to electrical to electromagnetic energy in light

d)

a phone converts electrical to electromagnetic

20.

As an object falls its __________ energy decreases and its kinetic energy increases

a)

potential

b)

chemical

c)

thermal

d)

electric

21.

_________ CANNOT be created or destroyed

a)

energy

b)

transformation

c)

motion

d)

pendulums

22.

Whenever a moving object experiences friction, some of its kinetic energy is transformed into __________ energy.

a)

thermal

b)

electrical

c)

nuclear

d)

mechanical

23.

What kind of energy in the sun transforms into electromagnetic energy?

a)

nuclear

b)

thermal

c)

electric

d)

chemical

24.

The Law of Conservation of Energy states:

a)

Energy can created or destroyed but not transformed

b)

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only transformed

c)

Energy can't be created, destroyed or transformed

d)

Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

25.
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
26.

All are examples of Nonrenewable energy sources EXCEPT...

a)

Coal

b)

Petroleum

c)

Hydropower

d)

Uranium (Nuclear)

27.

How is geothermal energy harvested? (How do we get it?)

a)

solar panels collect the sunlight.

b)

The heat from the earth boils water to create steam.

c)

We pump it from the earth and refine it into gasoline.

d)

We drill for it and burn it like coal or wood.

28.

Energy that can be replenished at the same rate as it is used

a)

Natural Gas

b)

Alternative Energy

c)

Renewable Energy

d)

Nonrenewable Energy

29.

Energy that cannot be replaced in our lifetime

a)

Nonrenewable Energy

b)

Renewable Energy

c)

Geothermal

d)

Alternative Energy

30.
What type of energy resource is wind?
a)
Nonrenewable
b)
Renewable
c)
Exhaustible