WorksheetsEnergy
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 33mins
What is Energy?
The ability to do anything
The ability to cause change
The investigation of nature
A fact of life
What is an example of kinetic energy?
A bird sitting in a tree
A bouncy ball on the table
A car driving on the highway
A book on shelf
What is an example of potential energy?
A bowling ball rolling down a lane
A car parked in a lot
An apple falling from a tree
Sunlight heating up the atmosphere
Energy cannot be created or destroyed.
True
False
What is an example of sound energy?
A thermometer heating up
Solar panels generating electricity
A guitar string being plucked
A machine in an assembly line
What is nuclear energy?
Energy in the nucleus of an atom
Energy in the particles of an object
Energy that is carried by electromagnetic waves
Energy in a system of objects
Which of the following show a change from kinetic energy to potential energy?
A sled sliding up a hill
A ball that is thrown into the air
A car driving down a hill
A rubber band being stretched
Which of the following describes an energy transformation?
When energy is lost due to friction
An electric motor moving a car
A solar panel powering a home
A television projecting a show
What transformation occurs in a toaster?
Electrical to radiant
Electrical to thermal
Thermal to mechanical
Solar to electrical
What type of energy transformation occurs when a piece of wood burns?
Electrical energy is released as radiant energy
Stored chemical energy is released as thermal energy
Mechanical energy is stored as chemical energy
No transformation occurs
Energy can be transformed into many different forms:
True
False
Light travels...
around corners
in a straight line
in waves
in circles
Light bounces off when it is
reflected
absorbed
refracted
transmitted
What do smooth, shiny surfaces do?
reflect light
refract light
absorb light
When we see a rainbow, we see
light being reflected
light being refracted
light being absorbed
This is an example of?
Absorb
Reflection
Refraction
Transmition
In order to INCREASE the potential energy of an object, you need to:
put the object lower to the ground
raise the object higher
How does energy change?
The cart has more kinetic energy at the top than when it is going down the hill.
The cart has potential energy at the top while kinetic energy increases going down.
The cart has potential energy that is lost going down the hill.
The cart has kinetic energy at the top of the hill and no potential energy.
