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energy and source of energy

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Energy?

a)

The ability to do anything

b)

The ability to cause change

c)

The investigation of nature

d)

A fact of life

2.

What is an example of kinetic energy?

a)

A bird sitting in a tree

b)

A bouncy ball on the table

c)

A car driving on the highway

d)

A book on shelf

3.

What is an example of potential energy?

a)

A bowling ball rolling down a lane

b)

A car parked in a lot

c)

An apple falling from a tree

d)

Sunlight heating up the atmosphere

4.

Which has more potential energy?

a)

A bird in a tree

b)

A car in the garage

c)

An airplane before takeoff

d)

A child on a swing

5.

How could you find the kinetic energy of an object?

a)

Multiply the mass and speed of the object

b)

Subtract the mass and speed of the object

c)

Estimate the speed of the object

d)

You cannot find the speed of moving objects

6.

Which has more potential energy?

a)

A 1,500 kg car traveling 20m/s

b)

A 200 kg bus traveling 100m/s

c)

A 300,000 kg plane traveling 0m/s

d)

A 20 kg ball rolling 40 m/s

7.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Total energy will always change in a system of objects.

a)

True; energy is destroyed due to friction

b)

False; energy cannot be destroyed, only transferred.

9.

What is thermal energy?

a)

Energy due to electric current

b)

Energy that sound carries

c)

The sum of the potential and kinetic energy of the particles that make up an object.

d)

The energy that electromagnetic waves carry

10.

What is an example of sound energy?

a)

A thermometer heating up

b)

Solar panels generating electricity

c)

A guitar string being plucked

d)

A machine in an assembly line

11.

What is nuclear energy?

a)

Energy in the nucleus of an atom

b)

Energy in the particles of an object

c)

Energy that is carried by electromagnetic waves

d)

Energy in a system of objects

12.

What is considered work in science?

a)

When someone puts a lot of effort into a task

b)

When an object moves in the direction of an applied force

c)

When force is applied but no movement occurs

d)

Work isn't used in science

13.

What is the definition of friction?

a)

A force that resists the sliding of two objects that are touching

b)

A force that increases sliding between two objects

c)

The change from potential to kinetic energy

d)

A transformation from radiant to mechanical energy

14.

Which of the following is not showing a change from kinetic energy to potential energy?

a)

A sled sliding up a hill

b)

A ball that is thrown into the air

c)

A car driving down a hill

d)

A rubber band being stretched

15.

What transformation occurs in a toaster?

a)

Electrical to radiant

b)

Electrical to thermal

c)

Thermal to mechanical

d)

Solar to electrical

16.

What type of energy transformation occurs when a piece of wood burns?

a)

Electrical energy is released as radiant energy

b)

Stored chemical energy is released as thermal energy

c)

Mechanical energy is stored as chemical energy

d)

No transformation occurs

17.

Energy can be transformed into many different forms:

a)

True

b)

False

18.
What type of energy is in this picture?
a)
Kinetic
b)
Elastic Potential
c)
Chemical
d)
Gravitational Potential 
19.

When plants convert the sun's energy into food, which type of energy is it?

a)

kinetic

b)

chemical

c)

heat

d)

electrical

20.

What kind of energy is represented in this picture?

a)

Heat

b)

Potential

c)

Nuclear

d)

Electrical

21.

What kind of energy is represented in the picture?

a)

Heat

b)

Chemical

c)

Sound

d)

Nuclear

22.

A battery converts what type of energy to another?

a)

sound to kinetic

b)

light to heat

c)

kinetic to electrical

d)

chemical to electrical

23.
Which letter has the most gravitational potential energy?
a)
H
b)
E
c)
M
d)
Y
24.
This type of potential energy depends on an object's height and mass
a)
gravitational potential energy
b)
kinetic potential energy
c)
elastic potential energy
d)
nuclear potential energy
25.
A device that converts electrical energy to light energy.
a)
A blender
b)
A light bulb
c)
A bicycle
d)
A balloon
26.

What is an example of non-renewable energy?

a)

Coal

b)

Solar

c)

Wind

d)

Hydropower

27.
At which point is Potential Energy at its max?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
28.
What form of energy is represented by a rock sitting at the top of a cliff?
a)
Electrical 
b)
Chemical 
c)
Elastic 
d)
Gravitational 
29.

What is the energy conversion when you have a skateboard at the top of the hill then move down?

a)

kinetic to potential

b)

potential to kinetic

c)

potential to thermal

d)

electrical to kinetic

30.

What is the energy conversion when a wind turbine turns to provide energy to a power supply?

a)

electrical to potential

b)

potential to kinetic

c)

kinetic to electrical

d)

nuclear to heat

31.

Name the energy conversion that occurs when Charlie rides his skateboard up to the top of the ramp. (Look closely to where the arrow is pointing.)

a)

Chemical → Gravitational

b)

Electrical → Light

c)

Gravitational → Elastic

d)

Heat → Electrical

32.
What are the two factors that affect (Gravitational) Potential Energy?
a)
Gravity and Time
b)
Distance and Force
c)
Mass and Height
d)
Power and Gravity
33.

Name the Energy Conversion of a dryer.

a)

Chemical→ Thermal and Light

b)

Electrical → Elastic, Heat and Sound

c)

Gravitational → Nuclear, Sound and Heat

d)

Electrical → Heat, Kinetic and Sound

34.
__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years. 
a)
Renewable Energy Resource
b)
Nonrenewable Energy Resource
35.
Coal is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
36.
A type of energy that is renewable because it uses the sun's energy is
a)
nuclear energy
b)
biomass energy
c)
solar energy
d)
geothermal energy
37.
A type of energy that is renewed in a short time and is made of fuels that are made from wood, dried plants and garbage is
a)
biomass
b)
solar energy
c)
water energy
d)
nuclear energy
38.
A type of energy that is renewable and uses large turbines to use wind energy is
a)
nuclear energy
b)
wind energy
c)
turbine energy
d)
solar energy
39.

Which of the following sources of energy supplies energy to humans and animals?

a)

Nuclear

b)

Wind

c)

Food

d)

Battery

40.

You can get chemical energy from items listed below except....

a)

Torch light

b)

Battery

c)

Fossil fuel

d)

Food

41.

What transformation of energy that occurs when Qaisara runs in the field?

a)

Electrical energy ➡️ kinetic energy ➡️ sound energy

b)

Chemical energy ➡️ kinetic energy ➡️ sound energy

c)

Potential energy ➡️ kinetic energy ➡️ electrical energy

42.

Darrshan is baking a cake using an electric oven. Which of the form energy below does not involve when he bake the cake.

a)

Electrical energy

b)

Heat energy

c)

Chemical energy

43.

Renewable energy is the energy that...

a)

always new in market

b)

Cannot be replenished continuously from existing sources

c)

can be continuously replenished from existing sources

44.

We need to use non-renewable energy sources wisely because...

a)

They are expensive

b)

The sources are limited but available all the time

c)

The sources can be deplete and cannot be replenished

45.

Which of the following is a good practise of saving the energy?

a)

When sleeping at night, Adrianna uses 2 table fans to cool her room.

b)

Kisshor and Harish always leave the light in living room and bathroom on throughout the night because they scared of ghost.

c)

Azim always switches the light off after he used the bathroom

46.

Why water is the better source of energy compared to fossil fuel?

a)

Water does not cause pollution

b)

Water is expensive

c)

Water can be use to produce electrical energy

47.

Fossil fuels are found

a)

in desert army bases

b)

near river banks

c)

deep within the earth

d)

at mountain tops

48.

Biomass is created from ______.

a)

Plants, animal waste, and garbage

b)

Splitting atoms

c)

The energy rays of the sun

d)

Moving turbines