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Quiz on unit 2

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What form of energy is stored in a stretched elastic band?

a)

Elastic potential

b)

Gravitational potential

c)

Nuclear

d)

Kinetic

2.
a material that allows energy to flow through it easily
a)
conductor
b)
Insulator
c)
reflect
d)
refract
3.

States that energy cannot be created or destroyed

a)

Potential energy

b)

Kinetic energy

c)

Law of Conservation of Energy

4.

Select ALL the examples of potential energy

a)

a person running

b)

a bowstring of the bow and arrow pulled back

c)

a snowboarder standing at the top of a ski slope

d)

a basketball going through a net

5.

Select ALL the examples of kinetic energy

a)

Driving a car down a mountain

b)

Basketball going through a net

c)

Chemical energy stored in a battery

d)

The arrow released traveling through the air

6.

How does kinetic energy differ from potential energy?

a)

Kinetic depends on position of an object

b)

Kinetic depends on the motion of an object

c)

Kinetic depends on the location of an object

7.

The equation for work is

a)

work = power x mass

b)

work = power / time

c)

work = force x distance

d)

work = distance x time

8.

Which of the following is an example of heat transfer by Conduction?

a)

Burning your fingers on a hot iron.

b)

Heat from a heater warming up your whole house

c)

Standing by a campfire and feeling the heat.

d)

All of the above.

9.

Which of the following is an example of heat transfer by Radiation?

a)

Burning your fingers on a hot iron.

b)

Heat from a heater warming up your whole house

c)

Standing by a campfire and feeling the heat.

d)

All of the above.

10.

How does heat move?

a)

From cooler objects to warmer objects.

b)

From warmer objects to cooler objects

c)

From metal objects to nonmetal objects

d)

Very quickly in all directions

11.

Think about a pan of water sitting on an electric stove. The stove is then turned on to high.

How is heat transferred from the stove to the pan?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

temperature

12.

Sam placed a glass of water in the refrigerator. After about an hour he took it out and found it to be colder.

What is the most likely thing that happened?

a)

the cold that was in the refrigerator transferred into the water

b)

the particles in the water started to move faster

c)

the cold from the refrigerator radiated into the glass

d)

the heat that was in the water transferred out into the refrigerator

13.

Which material would make the best insulator?

a)

rubber

b)

steel

c)

copper

d)

aluminum

14.

All of the pictures are examples of what type of energy?

a)

gravitational potential energy

b)

elastic potential energy

c)

chemical potential energy

d)

kinetic potential energy

15.

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

a)

W

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

16.

At which position does the child on the swing have the most gravitational potential energy?

a)

W

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

17.

The equation for POTENTIAL ENERGY is

a)

PE = mass x gravity x height

b)

PE = gravity x weight

c)

PE = height / work

d)

PE = work / time

18.

Kinetic energy is the energy of ___________.

a)

Distance

b)

Motion

c)

Work

d)

Roman

19.

Energy cannot be ________ or ___________.

a)

big/small

b)

left/right

c)

created/destroyed

d)

made/transferred

20.
Mechanical Energy is
a)
KE-PE
b)
PE - KE
c)
The sum of PE & KE
21.
If a man is pushing a wheel barrow up a hill, describe what is occurring in terms of energy. 
a)
Dec Potential, Inc Kinetic
b)
Inc Potential, Dec Kinetic
c)
Both potential and kinetic inc
d)
Both potential and kinetic dec
22.
A man stops his car on top of a hill, describe this scenario in terms of energy.
a)
High Potential Energy
b)
High Kinetic Energy
c)
It is impossible to tell
23.
What is the formula for kinetic energy?
a)
mgh
b)
2mv2
c)
1/2mv2
d)
mv2
24.
What is the formula for potential energy?
a)
mgh
b)
2mv2
c)
1/2mv2
d)
mv2