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Intro Energy

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Potential energy is __________, and kinetic energy is 
a)
energy in motion/moving, stored energy waiting to be used.
b)
MELTS, CENG
c)
stored energy waiting to be used, energy in motion/moving.
d)
Is only transferred to potential energy.
2.
Which is the best example that something has kinetic energy?
a)
a. a car parked on a steep hill 
b)
b. a tennis ball rolling across the court
c)
c. a picture hanging on the wall 
d)
d. a piece of coal before it's burned 
3.
Which point has the most potential energy?
a)
G
b)
f
c)
b
d)
a
4.
At which point is potential energy greatest?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
5.
At which point is kinetic energy greatest?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
6.
Which diagram best illustrates kinetic energy?
a)
A
b)
B
7.
A what point does the water have the most gravitational potential?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
There is no gravitational potential
8.
Which of the following is not a form of Kinetic Energy?
a)
Light
b)
Thermal
c)
Elastic
d)
Sound
9.
Which of the following is not a form of potential energy?
a)
Gravitational
b)
Electrical
c)
Chemical
d)
Nuclear
10.
Where does the ball have the maximum kinetic energy and least potential energy?
a)
1
b)
7
c)
12
d)
31
11.

Energy is the ability to do __________________.

a)

sliding friction

b)

work

c)

science

d)

homework

12.

The two basic kinds of energy are_________________________.

a)

fluid and roller

b)

eating and sleeping

c)

potential and kinetic

d)

electric and sun

13.

Check any of the following that are examples of kinetic energy?

a)

moving car

b)

wind

c)

rolling soccer ball

d)

a person running

14.

Check any of the following that are examples of potential energy.

a)

a person about to dive off of a diving board

b)

a boulder about to roll off of a cliff

c)

roller coaster cars at the very top of the hill

d)

a stretched out rubber band

15.
The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has. 
a)
more
b)
less
c)
none of the above
d)
all of the above 
16.
Energy can not be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another.
a)
true
b)
false
17.
Energy stored by things above earth (things that can fall)
a)
Chemical Potential Energy
b)
Elastic Potential Energy
c)
Kinetic Energy
d)
Gravitational Potential Energy
18.
Energy stored in food and fuels
a)
Gravitational potential energy
b)
Chemical Potential Energy
c)
Elastic Potential Energy
d)
Energy
19.
Energy stored by things that stretch
a)
Kinetic Energy
b)
Gravitational Potential Energy
Energy
c)
Chemical Potential Energy
d)
Elastic Potential Energy
20.
Energy transformations occur when...
a)
energy is created through conduction
b)
energy changes from one form to another
c)
two forces slide together that are touching
d)
a chemical reaction takes place
21.
Which best describes the flow of energy as the apple falls and hits the ground?
a)
solar energy>potential energy>heat energy
b)
potential energy>sound energy>heat energy
c)
kinetic energy>potential energy>sound energy
d)
potential energy>kinetic energy> sound energy
22.
Most of the Earth's energy comes from...
a)
electricity
b)
food
c)
heat
d)
the sun
23.

Which of the following is an example of work being done?

a)

children rolling a ball back and forth

b)

a ball sitting on the ground not moving

c)

an empty chair under a desk

d)

Mr. V holding a cake

24.
What type of energy is in this picture?
a)
Kinetic
b)
Potential
c)
Chemical
d)
Sound
25.
When plants convert the sun's energy into food, which type of energy is it?
a)
kinetic
b)
chemical
c)
thermal
d)
radiant
26.
What kind of energy is represented in the picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Chemical
c)
Sound
d)
Nuclear
27.
Wind turbines and windmills convert what energy to another?
a)
Kinetic to electric
b)
Gravitational potential to electric
c)
Mechanical to potential
d)
Thermal to sound
28.

Work is:

a)

A transfer of energy by a force to move an object

b)

Something you get paid for

c)

using energy

d)

Makes you sweat

29.

A temperature increase causes the particles ......

a)

to slow down

b)

move faster

c)

collide higher

d)

in the right order

30.

If an object is sitting still in a position above the ground it has

a)

Kinetic energy

b)

Chemical potential Energy

c)

Gravitational potential energy

d)

Thermal energy

31.

What is the difference between an energy transformation and an energy transfer?

a)

The energy type changes in a transformation.

b)

The energy type doesn't change in a transformation.

c)

The energy type changes in a transfer.

d)

They are the same.

32.

The energy transformation that takes place in a hand warmer is thermal to chemical potential.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Which 2 things affect kinetic energy?

a)

Mass

b)

Sound

c)

Light

d)

Velocity

34.

The energy transformation on a roller coaster is

a)

chemical potential to thermal

b)

sound to kinetic

c)

gravitational potential to kinetic

d)

kinetic to chemical potential

35.

The slower that molecules move in a substance

a)

the colder it is.

b)

the hotter it is.

c)

the more kinetic energy it has.

d)

the less chemical energy it has.

36.

Chemical potential energy is the energy that is stored in the arrangement of atoms in substance, the energy is stored in:

a)

the bonds between atoms

b)

the atoms

c)

the space around the substance

d)

the light energy of the substance

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