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Forms of Energy

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What form of energy is being used when a person pushes heavy boxes across the floor?

a)

Electrical energy

b)

Mechanical energy

c)

Thermal energy

d)

Sound energy

2.

A girl turned the light off and went to bed. She remembered she had accidentally left her glass of ice water on the counter. When she got up the next morning, the ice had melted. What form of energy caused the ice to melt?

a)

Sound energy

b)

Light energy

c)

Thermal energy

d)

Mechanical energy

3.

Which form of energy is produced when a guitar string vibrates?

a)

Sound energy

b)

Electrical energy

c)

Thermal energy

d)

Light energy

4.
The type of energy that allows us to hear is
a)
Mechanical
b)
Sound
c)
Light
d)
Electric
5.

What kind of energy is needed to make the scissors work?

a)

Thermal

b)

Electrical

c)

Mechanical

d)

Light

6.

Which of the following is NOT mechanical energy?

a)

Pedaling a bike

b)

Rowing a boat

c)

Using a light bulb

d)

Running up a hill

7.
Which of the following is NOT a form of thermal energy?
a)
Sun
b)
Bicycle moving
c)
Fire
d)
Oven
8.

The Sun produces

a)

light and thermal energy

b)

sound and light energy

c)

thermal and sound energy

d)

electrical and light energy

9.

When a grasshopper rubs its lets together, a sound is made because

a)

its legs are hurt

b)

the movement causes vibrations

c)

the grasshopper is hungry and tired

d)

The grasshopper is warning other animals of danger

10.
Humans often use fans to stay cool.The rotation of the fan blades is an example of what type of energy?
a)
electrical
b)
sound
c)
thermal
d)
mechanical
11.

A lamp uses electrical energy to PRODUCE what two other kinds of energy?

a)

mechanical and sound

b)

thermal and mechanical

c)

light and sound

d)

thermal and light

12.

Heat is another name for

a)

thermal energy

b)

chemical energy

c)

mechanical energy

d)

electrical energy

13.

What machine changes electrical energy into light and sound energy?

a)

battery

b)

lightbulb

c)

alarm clock

d)

apple

14.

Energy that can be seen by the eye is...

a)

Light energy

b)

Electrical energy

c)

Mechanical energy

d)

Energy

15.

Energy produced from vibration that you can hear is...

a)

Electrical energy

b)

Light energy

c)

Sound energy

d)

Energy

16.

When you plug something into a wall socket, you are using which type of energy?

a)

Thermal

b)

Electrical

c)

Mechanical

d)

Sound

17.

What is energy?

a)

Energy doesn't exist.

b)

Matter.

c)

The ability to do work or cause change

d)

Hyperactivity

18.

Turning the handle on a pencil sharpener is an example of

a)

Thermal energy

b)

Mechanical energy

c)

Sound energy

d)

Chemical energy

19.

Energy that causes us to see is . . .

a)

sound energy

b)

light energy

c)

thermal energy

d)

mechanical energy

20.

The energy that something has due to its MOVEMENT and POSITION is . . .

a)

light energy

b)

sound energy

c)

mechanical energy

d)

thermal energy