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ENERGY QUESTIONS

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A hot drink has...

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Heat Energy

c)

Thermal Energy

d)

Nuclear Energy

2.

A cyclist at the top of a hill has...

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Chemical Potential Energy

c)

Elastic Potential Energy

d)

Gravitational Potential Energy

3.

Humans get their energy from...

a)

Chemical Potential Energy

b)

Thermal Energy

c)

Kinetic Energy

d)

Nuclear Energy

4.

Energy Stored in an atoms nucleus is..

a)

Gravitational Energy

b)

Electrostatic Energy

c)

Nuclear Energy

d)

Elemental Energy

5.

Energy stored in objects being stretched or squashed...

a)

Elastic Potential Energy

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Chemical Energy

d)

Thermal Energy

6.

Energy Carried in wires...

a)

Electricity

b)

Current Energy

c)

Thermal Energy

d)

Electrostatic Energy

7.
When an object is moved to a higher position, what name is given to the energy it then stores?
a)
Gravitational Potential
b)
Elastic
c)
Height
d)
Kinetic
8.

The energy going into an energy transfer is always equal to the energy coming out. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

9.
Which form of energy is mostly produced in this conversion?
a)
Electrical
b)
Mechanical
c)
Thermal
d)
Sound
10.
Which form of energy is least important in this tool?
a)
Electrical
b)
Light
c)
Sound
d)
Thermal
11.
Which form of energy is mostly produced in this conversion?
a)
Electrical
b)
Mechanical
c)
Thermal
d)
Sound
12.
What form of energy is also described as "energy of motion"?
a)
Potential
b)
Mechanical
c)
Kinetic
d)
Electrical
13.
A TV does not give off this type of energy.
a)
Light
b)
Thermal
c)
Sound
d)
Solar
14.

"energy due to position" is another way of describing what energy type?

a)
Potential
b)
Electrical
c)
Kinetic
d)
Mechanical
15.
What type of energy transfer is most likely responsible when a plant converts the suns energy into food?
a)
Chemical to Solar
b)
Solar to chemical
c)
Light to electrical
d)
Electrical to chemical
16.
After an energy conversion, you end up with the same total amount of energy as the original amount of potential energy. Which of the following laws explains this rule?
a)
a. law of energy changes
b)
b. law of conservation of energy
c)
c. law of power and energy
d)
d. law of potential energy
17.

The ability to do work

a)

A. chemical energy

b)

B. Friction

c)

C. electrical energy

d)

D. Energy

18.
Gravitational potential energy depends on the ________ and ________ of the object. 
a)
Height and mass
b)
Friction and movement
c)
Mass and Movement
d)
Height and Friction 
19.
What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
20.
A girl turned the light off and went to bed.  She remembered she had accidentally left her glass of ice water on the counter.  When she got up the next morning, the ice had melted. What form of energy caused the ice to melt?
a)
Sound energy
b)
Light energy
c)
Thermal energy
d)
Mechanical energy
21.

What is the unit of energy

a)

Newton

b)

Kilogram

c)

Joule

d)

Watt

22.

The toy oven shown uses a lightbulb to bake small cakes.

What types of energy does the toy oven use to bake the cakes?

a)

Mechanical and electrical

b)

Electrical and thermal

c)

Thermal and mechanical

d)

Light and sound

23.

Which of these devices is the only one NOT designed to produce both sound and light energy?

a)

b)

c)

d)

24.

Energy caused by a flow of electrons is _______.

a)

light energy

b)

electricity

c)

solar energy

d)

copper

25.
When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy highest?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4