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Kinetic and Potential Energy Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ability to do work or cause change is called _________________.

a)

endangered

b)

consumers

c)

energy

d)

producers

2.

What are the two kinds of energy?

a)

biotic and abiotic

b)

producers and consumers

c)

positive and negative

d)

potential and kinetic

3.

Energy involves ________________.

a)

movement

b)

color

c)

food

d)

shape

4.

What is kinetic energy?

a)

The energy an object has due to its position.

b)

The energy an object has due to its motion.

c)

The energy an object has due to its atomic structure in the nucleus.

d)

The energy an object has due to the bonds of atoms and molecules.

5.

Potential energy is ____________________________________.

a)

energy that can be created

b)

energy that can be destroyed

c)

energy that is stored/waiting

d)

energy from heat

6.

Imagine that you are bowling. You release the ball and it travels down the lane and knocks all of the pins down. You have bowled a strike! This is an example of _________ energy.

a)

potential

b)

kinetic

c)

biotic

d)

scavenger

7.

The Hunger Games Movie Science! Katniss has just pulled back on her bow and arrow. This is an example of ________________ energy.

a)

potential

b)

kinetic

c)

geothermal

d)

electrical

8.

A baseball that is flying through the air has ___________ energy.

a)

potential

b)

geothermal

c)

kinetic

d)

electric

9.

Which of the following is the best example of potential energy?

a)

A frog leaping from lily pad to lily pad.

b)

A ball rolling down a ramp.

c)

A stretched rubber band.

d)

A skier gliding down the slope.

10.

Humans get all of our energy from eating things. Plants get their energy from the ___________. In fact, nearly all the energy on our planet comes from the ___________.

a)

sun

b)

moon

c)

decomposers

d)

atoms