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Forms of Energy

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Your friend's Nintendo Switch shuts down because it ran out of batteries. What type of energy does it need to begin working again?

a)

Mechanical Energy

b)

Electrical Energy

c)

Light Energy

d)

Sound Energy

2.

What do mirrors, white shirts, and aluminum foil have in common?

a)

The all refract light.

b)

The all reflect light.

c)

They are all conductors.

d)

They all make objects appear larger.

3.

Which of the following is a conductor?

a)

Copper filament

b)

A piece of firewood

c)

A jacket

d)

A glass container

4.

Which of the following is an example of an object that refracts light?

a)

A kitchen window

b)

A black table

c)

Reading glasses

d)

A mirror

5.

A student watches a ball roll off a table. What causes the ball to start moving?

a)

Gravity

b)

A pushing force

c)

A pulling force

d)

Nothing

6.

Students conduct an experiment about light refraction. They point a laser at a desk for ten seconds and the light stops on the desk. Then they point the same laser at a prism for ten seconds and see the light bend through the prism. Which of the following is the variable?

a)

The type of laser

b)

How long they hold the laser

c)

The color of the laser

d)

What the laser is pointing at

7.

A student winds up a music box and lets it play. This is an example of:

a)

Sound Energy

b)

Light Energy

c)

Mechanical Energy

d)

Electrical Energy

8.

This picture is an example of:

a)

Chemical Energy

b)

A closed circuit

c)

Thermal Energy

d)

An open circuit

9.

The one thing that changes in an experiment is the:

a)

Control

b)

Variable

c)

Conclusion

d)

Question

10.

This picture is an example of:

a)

Refraction

b)

Reflection

c)

Transmission

d)

Absorption

11.

Friction is how much something pushes back on an object as it moves. Which of the following has the least amount of friction when a box is pushed across it.

a)

Carpet

b)

Gravel Road

c)

Grassy Field

d)

Tile

12.

If light bounces off of something, that is an example of:

a)

Transmission

b)

Absorption

c)

Refraction

d)

Reflection

13.

In this picture, what switches need to be closed in order to turn on one light bulb and both bells?

a)

Switches 2 and 3

b)

Switches 1 and 3

c)

Switches 1 and 2

d)

Switches 1, 2 and 3

14.

The picture is an example of:

a)

Mechanical Energy

b)

A closed circuit

c)

Sound Energy

d)

An open circuit

15.

Objects moving fast have:

a)

No energy

b)

The same energy as objects moving slow

c)

Less energy than objects moving slow

d)

More energy than objects moving slow.

16.

The battery inside a laptop converts chemical energy into:

a)

Electrical Energy

b)

Sound Energy

c)

Light Energy

d)

Mechanical Energy

17.

A student needs to measure how long a pencil is. The best tool for this would be a:

a)

Metric ruler

b)

Hand lends

c)

Meter stick

d)

Graduated Cyliner

18.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred to something else.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

A telegraph is a machine that sends messages in the form of beeps (like Morse Code). This is an example of:

a)

Light Energy

b)

Mechanical Energy

c)

Sound Energy

d)

Thermal Energy

20.

When a light switch is turned off, the electrical energy is destroyed.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Lava is a:

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma