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Energy & Waves

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ability to do work.

a)

Electricity

b)

Insulator

c)

Energy

d)

Force

2.

Energy can be classified into 2 main groups.

a)

Light work and heavy work

b)

Kinetic and potential

c)

Mass and volume

d)

Wavelength and frequency

3.

Heat transferred through touching.

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

4.

Heat transferred through waves.

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

5.

The type of energy associated with the movement of electric charges.

a)

Magnetic energy

b)

Electrical energy

c)

Nuclear energy

d)

Chemical energy

6.

The total energy within a substance, measured in units of heat and temperature.

a)

Thermal energy

b)

Chemical energy

c)

Elastic energy

d)

Gravitational energy

7.

Substances that are insulators of heat.

a)

Aluminum, silver, gold

b)

Cotton, felt, plastic

c)

Nickel, copper, zinc

8.

Warm water rises and cool water sinks in

a)

conduction

b)

radiation currents

c)

convection currents

9.

Sound travels in which type of wave?

a)

longitudinal

b)

transverse

c)

surface

10.

Which type of wave is this?

a)

longitudinal

b)

transverse

c)

surface

11.

Which type of wave is this?

a)

longitudinal

b)

transverse

c)

surface

12.

The frequency of a wave is measured in which units?

a)

Hertz

b)

seconds

c)

centimeters

d)

atomic mass units

13.

Which type of electromagnetic waves carry the most energy?

a)

Radio waves

b)

Ultraviolet rays

c)

X-rays

d)

Gamma rays

14.

Ultraviolet waves on the electromagnetic spectrum are

a)

just past the radio waves

b)

just past the visible light

c)

just before gamma rays

15.

The study of wave phenomena made visual.

a)

Geology

b)

Cymatics

c)

Chemistry

d)

Acoustics