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Different types of Energy

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is energy that is stored for later use.

a)

kinetic energy

b)

potential energy

2.
The ultimate source of energy is:
a)
The sky
b)
The sun
c)
Plants
d)
Movement
3.
True or False: Humans can see all types of light.
a)
True
b)
False
4.

Betty knows that different types of energy are produced by many objects around the house, such as a light bulb.

Which types of energy does the bulb give off?

a)

heat only

b)

light and movement

c)

light and heat

5.

Ryan rubs two sticks together quickly. When he stops rubbing the sticks, he notices that they are warm to touch where he rubbed them. Which type of energy has been produced?

a)

sound energy

b)

heat energy

c)

light energy

6.

Identify the type of energy

a)

Electrical energy

b)

Thermal energy

c)

Sound energy

7.

Identify the type of energy

a)

Thermal energy

b)

Sound energy

c)

Electrical energy

8.

What is energy?

a)

movement energy

b)

energy you can see

c)

the ability to do work or cause change

d)

heat energy

9.

What is electrical energy?

a)

energy in the form of electricity

b)

energy you can see

c)

heat energy

d)

movement energy

10.

Which is an example of thermal energy?

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

Niagara Falls is a set of very large waterfalls located on the border between New York and Ontario, Canada. Over 200,000 cubic feet of fast-moving water falls approximately 180 feet every second. Water at the top of the Falls possesses

a)

only gravitational potential energy.

b)

kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy.

c)

only kinetic energy.

d)

neither gravitational potential energy nor kinetic energy.

12.

Which of the following statements is true?

a)

Potential energy is the only type of energy that cannot be transformed into another type of energy.

b)

Potential energy is the energy that objects have due to their motion.

c)

Potential energy is the energy that electrons and other charged particles have due to their motion.

d)

Potential energy is the stored energy that an object has due to its position, shape, or chemical make up.

13.

Phil puts a cotton ball in his slingshot and pulls it back two different times.

What is different about pull #1 and pull #2?

a)

The slingshot has more elastic potential energy in pull #1.

b)

The slingshot has more elastic potential energy in pull #2.

c)

The slingshot has more kinetic energy in pull #2.

d)

The slingshot has more gravitational potential energy in pull #1.

14.

Betty hits a baseball.


At which point along the baseball's path does it have the most gravitational potential energy?

a)

point 1

b)

point 5

c)

point 2

d)

point 3

15.

Which energy our body transforms into two different energies?

a)

Chemical energy.

b)

Sound energy.

c)

Electric energy.

d)

Light energy.

16.

Moving things have...?

a)

Chemical energy.

b)

Thermal energy.

c)

Kinetic energy.

d)

Electric energy.

17.

Light bulbs use...

a)

Light energy.

b)

Electric energy.

c)

Both answers are wrong.

18.

Energy stored in a flexed or compressed object is...

a)

gravitational potential energy

b)

mechanical energy

c)

kinetic energy

d)

elastic potential energy

19.

What type of energy causes ice cream to melt?

a)

Thermal

b)

Light

c)

Sound

d)

Electrical

20.
What happens to particles as they heat up?
a)
They slow down
b)
Nothing
c)
They don't move
d)
They speed up
21.

What energy is energy something has because it is moving

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Heat Energy

c)

Thermal Energy

d)

Potential Energy

22.
Which type of energy is this?
a)
kinetic energy
b)
potential energy
c)
chemical energy
d)
radiant energy
23.

You throw a ball into the air as shown in the diagram. At what point does the ball have the most gravitational potential energy?

a)

W

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

24.

What two factors affect an object's kinetic energy?

a)

area and volume

b)

mass and weight

c)

weight and height

d)

mass and speed

25.

Kinetic energy is measured in

a)

Newtons (N)

b)

Joules (J)

c)

Kilograms (kg)

d)

miles per hour (mph)

26.

Mass and speed both affect the amount of kinetic energy an object has, but ____________ has a greater effect.

a)

mass

b)

speed

c)

volume

d)

weight

27.

The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has.

a)

more

b)

less

28.

At which point is potential energy greatest?

a)

W

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

29.

In order to INCREASE the potential energy of an object, you need to:

a)

put the object lower to the ground

b)

raise the object higher

30.

When a roller coaster is at the top of a hill it has

a)

high potential energy

b)

high kinetic energy

c)

low potential energy

d)

equal amounts of kinetic and potential energy

31.

Conservation of energy means that

a)

energy can be created but not destroyed

b)

energy can be destroyed but not created

c)

energy can both be created and destroyed

d)

energy can neither be created nor destroyed

32.

Which is the best example that something has kinetic energy?

a)

a car parked on a steep hill

b)

a tennis ball rolling across the court

c)

a picture hanging on the wall

d)

a piece of coal before it's burned

33.
Click to look at the picture. 
The picture is an example of _____ .
a)
gravity
b)
potential energy
c)
kinetic energy
d)
friction
34.
Click to look at the picture.
The picture is demonstrating an example of ______ . 
a)
gravity
b)
speed
c)
kinetic energy
d)
potential energy
35.
A basketball passing through the hoop.
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic