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Benchmark Q3 Exam Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 7hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is energy?

a)

ability to increase temperature

b)

ability to do work or produce motion

c)

being hot or cold

d)

something with lots of molecules

2.

What are the 5 different types of energy? (select all that apply)

a)

mechanical

b)

chemical

c)

electrical

d)

light

e)

thermal

3.

What is the equation for potential energy?

a)

P=1/2mv2

b)

F=ma

c)

P=mgh

d)

TME=P + E

4.

What does the variable "m" mean?

a)

gravity (m/s2)

b)

height (m)

c)

velocity (m/s)

d)

mass (kg)

5.

What does the variable "g" mean?

a)

gravity (m/s2)

b)

height (m)

c)

velocity (m/s)

d)

mass (kg)

6.

What does the variable "h" mean?

a)

gravity (m/s2)

b)

height (m)

c)

velocity (m/s)

d)

mass (kg)

7.

What does the variable "P" mean?

a)

Potential Energy (J)

b)

height (m)

c)

velocity (m/s)

d)

mass (kg)

8.

What is the equation for kinetic energy?

a)

K=1/2mv2

b)

F=ma

c)

P=mgh

d)

TME=P + E

9.

What does the variable "v" mean?

a)

Potential Energy (J)

b)

height (m)

c)

velocity (m/s)

d)

mass (kg)

10.

What does the variable "K" mean?

a)

Potential Energy (J)

b)

height (m)

c)

velocity (m/s)

d)

Kinetic Energy (J)

11.

What is the kinetic energy of a 10 kg object moving at 3 m/s?

a)

10 J

b)

15 J

c)

45 J

d)

30 J

12.

Conservation of energy says that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only __________________.

a)

transferred

b)

made new

c)

removed

d)

erased

13.

Total mechanical energy is ___________________ energy + __________________ energy.

a)

heat; kinetic

b)

gravitational; potential

c)

potential; kinetic

d)

heat; thermal

14.

Does the total mechanical energy (TME) of an object ever change?

a)

No! It is only transferred from potential to kinetic and back to potential

b)

Yes! When an object increases in height, the TME also increases.

c)

Yes! When an object moves faster, the TME also increases.

15.

At the top of a hill, a person on a bike has 500 J of potential energy, and 0 J of kinetic energy.  What is the Total Mechanical Energy (TME) at the top of the hill?

a)

0 J

b)

250 J

c)

100 J

d)

500 J

16.

At the top of a hill, a person on a bike has 500 J of potential energy, and 0 J of kinetic energy.  What is the Potential Energy at the middle of the hill if the kinetic energy is 250 J?

a)

0 J

b)

250 J

c)

100 J

d)

500 J

17.

At the top of a hill, a person on a bike has 500 J of potential energy, and 0 J of kinetic energy.  What is the Kinetic Energy at the bottom of the hill if the potential energy is 0 J?

a)

0 J

b)

250 J

c)

100 J

d)

500 J

18.

How is heat (thermal energy) related to kinetic energy of molecules?

a)

heat = total kinetic energy of molecules in an object

b)

heat and molecules are the same thing

c)

heat is not related to kinetic energy of molecules at all

19.

What are the units of thermal energy?  Hint: it’s not “degrees”...heat is a form of energy.

a)

degrees

b)

meters

c)

kilograms

d)

Joules

20.

The faster the molecules move, the _______________ the temperature.

a)

higher

b)

lower

21.

Total thermal energy can be found by adding all the ______________ energies of all the molecules of a substance.

a)

Potential

b)

Kinetic

22.

A cold lake has more total thermal energy than a pot of hot water.  How is this possible?

a)

a pot of hot water has more molecules in it than a cold lake

b)

a cold lake has less molecules in it than a pot of hot water

c)

a cold lake has more molecules in it than a pot of hot water

23.

If you add heat energy to an object, the increase in temperature depends on what two factors? (select 2)

a)

potential energy

b)

mass

c)

material

d)

gravity

24.

Touching hot metal burns you worse than touching plastic that is the same temperature.  Why does the metal burn you worse than the plastic?

a)

metal is naturally hotter than plastic

b)

metal is a better conductor of heat energy than plastic

c)

plastic is a better conductor of heat energy than metal

25.

A teapot heating up on a stove is gaining heat via:

a)

radiation

b)

conduction

c)

convection

26.

Warming your hands by a campfire is an example of:

a)

radiation

b)

conduction

c)

convection

27.

Movement of hot rock in Earth's mantle from high heat areas to lower heat areas is an example of:

a)

radiation

b)

conduction

c)

convection

28.

What are the 3 particles inside an atom? (select 3)

a)

proton

b)

nucleus

c)

neutron

d)

electron

29.

Protons are

a)

negatively charged and orbiting around the nucleus

b)

positively charged and orbiting around the nucleus

c)

positively charged and inside the nucleus

d)

negatively charged and inside the nucleus

30.

Electrons are

a)

negatively charged and orbiting around the nucleus

b)

positively charged and orbiting around the nucleus

c)

positively charged and inside the nucleus

d)

negatively charged and inside the nucleus

31.

Neutrons are

a)

negatively charged and orbiting around the nucleus

b)

positively charged and orbiting around the nucleus

c)

neutrally charged and inside the nucleus

d)

negatively charged and inside the nucleus

32.

The atomic number (whole number in the corner of the chemical symbol) tells you the total number of _____________ in an atom.

a)

neutrons

b)

protons

c)

electrons and neutrons

d)

protons and neutrons

33.

The number of electrons must be _________________ the number of protons (in a neutral atom).

a)

equal to

b)

less than

c)

more than

34.

You can find the number of neutrons by subtracting:   mass number (ave. atomic mass) minus _______________

a)

protons

b)

electrons and neutrons

c)

neutrons

35.

Find the chemical symbol for Krypton (Kr).  How many protons, neutrons, and electrons does Krypton have?

a)

84, 84, 36

b)

36, 36, 36

c)

36, 48, 84

d)

36, 48, 36

36.

How many electrons can fit in the first, second, and third rings around the nucleus?

a)

8, 8, 8

b)

2, 8, 8

c)

2, 2, 2

d)

2, 10, 18

37.

Which image is a model of the element Nitrogen (N) with protons, neutrons and electrons drawn in their correct places?

a)
b)
c)
38.

How many valence (outer shell) electrons does Nitrogen have?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

7

39.

When looking at the periodic table, what increases as you move down the rows?

a)

number of valence electrons

b)

number of orbits/shells/electron rings

40.

When looking at the periodic table, what increases as you move across the columns?

a)

number of valence electrons

b)

number of orbits/shells/electron rings