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Energy

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 33mins

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.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

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

6.

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

7.

Which of the following show 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

8.

Which of the following describes an energy transformation?

a)

When energy is lost due to friction

b)

An electric motor moving a car

c)

A solar panel powering a home

d)

A television projecting a show

9.

What transformation occurs in a toaster?

a)

Electrical to radiant

b)

Electrical to thermal

c)

Thermal to mechanical

d)

Solar to electrical

10.

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

11.

Energy can be transformed into many different forms:

a)

True

b)

False

12.
Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 
a)
Potential 
b)
Energy
c)
Kinetic
d)
Friction
13.
The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has. 
a)
more
b)
less
c)
none of the above
d)
all of the above 
14.
What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
15.
What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
16.
What kind of energy is in a stretched rubber band?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
17.
What kind of energy is in a waving hand?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
18.

Light travels...

a)

around corners

b)

in a straight line

c)

in waves

d)

in circles

19.

Light bounces off when it is

a)

reflected

b)

absorbed

c)

refracted

d)

transmitted

20.
Light bends when it is 
a)
refracted
b)
reflected
c)
absorbed
21.

What do smooth, shiny surfaces do?

a)

reflect light

b)

refract light

c)

absorb light

22.

When we see a rainbow, we see

a)

light being reflected

b)

light being refracted

c)

light being absorbed

23.
Light that bends has been ____________________
a)
teleported
b)
reflected
c)
charged
d)
refracted
24.

This is an example of?

a)

Absorb

b)

Reflection

c)

Refraction

d)

Transmition

25.
When light can easily pass through an object, we say that that object is ___ .
a)
transparent
b)
translucent
c)
opaque
d)
transported
26.
Light travels at ___________________ km per second.
a)
30
b)
300,000
c)
15
d)
1,000,00
27.
All of the following are sources of light except ______________
a)
the sun
b)
a light bulb
c)
fire
d)
the moon
28.
Light travels in ___________________
a)
waves
b)
sound
c)
packs
d)
thunder
29.

In order to INCREASE the potential energy of an object, you need to:

a)

put the object lower to the ground

b)

raise the object higher

30.

How does energy change?

a)

The cart has more kinetic energy at the top than when it is going down the hill.

b)

The cart has potential energy at the top while kinetic energy increases going down.

c)

The cart has potential energy that is lost going down the hill.

d)

The cart has kinetic energy at the top of the hill and no potential energy.