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Energy and Motion 5.2 and 5.3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What would have the greatest kinetic energy?
a)
A car driving down a hill.
b)
A person running down a hill. 
c)
A ball rolling down a hill. 
2.
What is kinetic energy?
a)
energy of work
b)
energy of motion
c)
energy of gravity
d)
energy of power
3.
What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
4.
What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
5.
What kind of energy is in a stretched rubber band?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
6.

Energy is the ability to

a)

turn something on and off.

b)

cause change or to work.

c)

speed up or slow down.

7.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can

a)

go away

b)

disappear

c)

be transformed.

d)

continued.

8.

This is also known as "light" energy.

a)

Mechanical

b)

Electrical

c)

Thermal

d)

Radiant

9.

The more mass an object has the more _______ it can have.

a)

kinetic energy

b)

electrical energy

c)

potential energy

d)

thermal energy

10.

When one kind of energy can change into another kind of energy, we call that:

a)

Energy

Evaporation

b)

Energy Transformation

c)

Energy Translation

d)

Energy

Condensation

11.

These solar panels get energy from:

a)

The sky

b)

Other stars

c)

The sun

d)

The moon

12.

Leaves get energy from the sun to make food in a process known as:

a)

sugar creation

b)

photosynthesis

c)

photography

d)

cooking

13.

What are the three nonrenewable sources of energy?

a)

Algae, corn, coal

b)

Water, natural gas, carbon

c)

Coal, oil, carbon

d)

Oil, coal, natural gas

14.

Why are nonrenewable sources of energy called nonrenewable?

a)

Because they are old.

b)

It takes millions of years to replace them.

c)

There are no more animals and plants dying.

d)

There are no more fossils.

15.

What is solar energy?

a)

energy from the moon

b)

energy from the solar winds

c)

energy from the Sun

d)

energy from nuclear waste

16.
6. This form of electrical energy generating is called...
a)
Hydroelectric
b)
Geothermal
c)
Wind
d)
Non-Renewable
17.

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

a)

Renewable Energy Resource

b)

Nonrenewable Energy Resource

c)

Fossil fuels

d)

biodegradable

18.

The path of an object:

a)

direction

b)

position

c)

speed

d)

velocity

19.

Which is the least amount of potential energy?

a)

a ball at the top of a hill

b)

a roller coaster going down a hill

c)

a child at the top of a slide

d)

a car parked in a parking lot

20.

Which is an example of an object that has kinetic energy?

a)

a book on top of a desk

b)

a cup of water on a table

c)

a ball rolling down a hill