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5th Grade Science Energy Quiz

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is mechanical Energy?

a)

Energy used to power something electrically

b)

Energy used to make things warmer

c)

Movement used to do something (push, pull)

2.

A wind up toy duck uses what kind of energy?

a)

Mechanical Energy

b)

Electrical Energy

c)

Light Energy

3.

What are the forms of energy?

a)

MELTS-

M - Mech

E - Elec

L - Lighting

T- Tan

S- Sound

b)

MELTS-

M - Mechanical

E - Electrical

L - Light

T- Thermal

S- Sound

c)

MELTS-

M - Manual

E - Elementary

L - Lighting

T- Tom Tom

S- Stopping

4.

What kind of energy does a hot plate use? (choose more than 1 answer if needed)

a)

Electrical

b)

Light

c)

Thermal

5.

What kind of energy does an alarm clock use?

a)

Electrical

b)

Sound

c)

Mechanical

d)

Light

6.

What kind of energy does a stop watch use?

a)

Mechanical

b)

Electrical

c)

Light

d)

thermal

7.

What kind of energy does a music box use?

a)

Sound energy

b)

electrical

c)

Mechanical

d)

thermal

8.

Select the options that are mechanical energy (select all that apply)

a)

pedaling a bike

b)

cooking

c)

pulling a bow and arrow

d)

flipping a light switch on

9.

Thermal energy is transferred from a warmer substance to a.....

a)

hotter substance

b)

cooler substance until temperature is the same.

c)

substance that is the same temperature

10.

How is thermal energy transferred? Check all that apply

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

11.

Thermal energy transferred by touching something. Heat transfers from a hotter object to a cooler object

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

12.

Touching the stove with your hand is an example of ....

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

13.

Transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves is ...

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

14.

Sun heating up the Earth is an example of ...

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

15.

Campfire is an example of .....

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

16.

Heat Transfer through the movement of a fluid (air or water) is called....

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

17.

A fan transfers heat as an example of....

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

18.

Light energy travels in a _________ ____________ when passing through air.

a)

upside down

b)

curved path

c)

straight line

19.

Opaque is a surface that ....

a)

passes light

b)

blocks light

c)

refracts light

20.

If light hits an opaque surface, the light is

a)

reflected

b)

refracted

c)

transmitted

21.

If an object is transparent, it lets light.......

a)

be transmitted (pass through)

b)

refracted (bent)

c)

reflected (bounce back)

22.

Reflect means to....

a)

bounce back

b)

pass through

c)

bend light

23.

Refraction means to ....

a)

bounce back

b)

bend light (sometimes showing colors)

c)

absorb

24.

A Transparent surface allows....

a)

allows all light to pass through (refracts & bends light a bit)

b)

blocks light (and reflects light)

c)

blocks partial light

25.

A translucent surface passes....

a)

all light (like glass)

b)

no light

c)

part of light (like a plastic)

26.

Object that allows light to pass through

a)

mixture

b)

Medium

c)

opaque

27.

Examples of a medium include

a)

air

b)

plastic wrap

c)

water

28.

Light travels in a straight line unless

a)

hits an object and start performing differently

b)

it is in a vacuum like space

29.

When light hits an opaque smooth surface, it _________

a)

passes light

b)

refracts light

c)

reflects light

30.

Light ______bounces off objects in the same angle in which the incoming light hit the object.

a)

always

b)

sometimes

c)

never

31.

After hitting an object, light will bounce off in the _______ direction of the incoming light.

a)

opposite

b)

same

c)

any and all directions

32.

Light ______off a mirror.

a)

bounces

b)

passes through

c)

absorbs

33.

If a pencil is placed in a cup of water, why does it look broken?

a)

Light is traveling through different mediums (air and water) and it refracts (or bends) the light differently

b)

the pencil is broken

c)

water bends the pencil

34.

You are a kitty cat trying to catch a fish in your owner's fish tank. What causes you to see the fish at the apparent position rather than the real position?

a)

the fish is in the spot it looks like it is in

b)

the fish tank is opaque and make the fish move to a new place

c)

the light is traveling through different mediums (air and water). The bending of light causes things to look like they are in different positions,

35.

Water in a plastic back make letters look....

a)

larger and broken

b)

smaller and perfect

c)

smaller and broken