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Energy Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is energy that is stored in chemical bonds?

a)

chemical energy

b)

electrical energy

c)

heat energy

d)

sound energy

2.

What is a material that allows heat and electricity to pass through it?

a)

sound energy

b)

insulator

c)

conductor

d)

translucent

3.

What is energy that is caused by the movement of charged particles in an electrical field?

a)

electrical circuit

b)

electrical energy

c)

heat energy

d)

sound energy

4.

What is a circular path through which electricity can flow?

a)

opaque

b)

transparent

c)

light energy

d)

electric circuit

5.

What parts are needed in an electric circuit?

a)

switch

b)

conductor

c)

energy source (battery)

d)

a device to use the electricity (like a lamp)

6.

What is the ability to do work or cause change?

a)

reflection

b)

energy

c)

refraction

d)

transparent

7.

What is the energy caused by moving particles? Another word is thermal energy.

a)

sound energy

b)

light energy

c)

heat energy

d)

electrical energy

8.

What is a strong resistor that can stop most electric currents?

a)

insulator

b)

conductor

c)

transparent

d)

opaque

9.

What is radiant energy that contains light you can see?

a)

sound energy

b)

electrical energy

c)

mechanical energy

d)

light energy

10.

What describes materials that do not let any light pass through them?

a)

opaque

b)

transparent

c)

translucent

d)

energy

11.

What is energy that is not causing any changes now but could cause changes in the future (stored)?

a)

mechanical energy

b)

heat energy

c)

potential energy

d)

electrical energy

12.

What is light bouncing off an object called?

a)

light energy

b)

reflection

c)

transparent

d)

opaque

13.

What is the bending of light called?

a)

reflection

b)

opaque

c)

refraction

d)

transparent

14.

What is the movement of energy through compressional waves that travel in a medium such as water, air, or solids?

a)

heat energy

b)

light energy

c)

mechanical energy

d)

sound energy

15.

What is the main type of energy shown when you rub a balloon on your head?

a)

static electricity

b)

mechanical energy

c)

heat energy

d)

light energy

16.

What does it mean to change from one form to another?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

transform

d)

opaque

17.

What describes materials that let some light pass through, but not all?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

translucent

d)

transparent

18.

What describes materials that let nearly all light pass through them?

a)

transparent

b)

translucent

c)

refraction

d)

light energy

19.

When you turn on a radio, what type of energy transformation takes place?

a)

sound energy to chemical energy

b)

chemical energy to sound energy

c)

electrical energy to sound energy

d)

sound energy to electrical energy

20.

Copper is a good

a)

conductor

b)

resistor

c)

insulator

d)

battery