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Energy and Heat

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Energy is...

a)

Movement

b)

How fast you can do things

c)

The ability to do work or cause change

d)

The power living things have

2.

Heat is...

a)

Thermal Energy

b)

When a fire is radiating

c)

The temperature of something warm when it is being insulated

d)

The energy transferred between objects that are at different temperatures

3.

Energy is stored in the...

a)

Chemical Bonds

b)

Transverse Waves

c)

Nucleus

d)

Gravity

4.

A conductor is...

a)

A material that resists energy

b)

A substance that allows the flow of electric current

c)

Any type of substance that reveals a thick texture

d)

The leader or king or vehicle

5.

Insulator

a)

A substance that allows the flow of electric current

b)

A substance that increases the amount of electrical flow in an object

c)

A material that does not allow

d)

A substance that resists electric current or a material that resists the flow of heat

6.

Batteries have _________ energy.

a)

mechanical

b)

thermal

c)

chemical

d)

none

7.

Your hand will get warm because heat energy is transferred by ___________.

a)

convection

b)

conduction

c)

thermal energy

d)

radiation

8.

The potential energy stored between an object and Earth depends on

a)

the objects height and mass

b)

the objects speed and mass

c)

the objects size and and mass

d)

the objects speed and height

9.

What factors determine an object's kinetic energy?

a)

ts height and its mass

b)

its mass and its speed

c)

its size and its weight

d)

its speed and its height

10.

Mechanical Energy is...

a)

The number of mechanical parts working in a moving object

b)

The sum of kinetic energy and potential energy of an object of the parts of a mechanical system

c)

The energy left in an object

d)

The only energy that can be created

11.

Radiation is...

a)

Heat transferring off solid and liquid objects

b)

The ejection of hot objects

c)

When thermal energy surrounds an object

d)

The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves or subatomic particles

12.

Temperature is...

a)

The amount of heat in a room

b)

How hot or cold something or someone is in a period of time

c)

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance

d)

None of the above

13.

Which type of energy transformation occurs when a flashlight shines?

a)

chemical → thermal → electrical

b)

chemical → electrical → light

c)

thermal → chemical → light

d)

chemical → electrical → chemical

14.
The roller coaster cart has the most gravitational potential energy at position-
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
15.

Electrical Energy

a)

The amount of electricity required to do a specific procedure

b)

A form of energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor

c)

The energy that uses electrical charges to overpower insulators to complete a task

d)

None of the above

16.

A scientific law that states that energy cannot be created or destroyed.

a)

The Law of Potential Energy

b)

The Law of Kinetic Energy

c)

The Law of Conservation of Energy

d)

The Law of Creation of Energy

17.

Electromagnetic Energy

a)

A form of energy that exhibits wave-like behavior as it travels through space; part of the electromagnetic spectrum

b)

The energy that results from electric energy and mechanical energy that is transformed

c)

The electricity that traves throughout matter using a conductor

d)

None of these

18.

Kinetic Energy is...

a)

The energy of an object that has moved before

b)

Energy of motion

c)

The only energy that can be destroyed with the presence of another energy

d)

None of these

19.

Potential Energy is...

a)

Energy stored in objects that are moving

b)

Energy that only exists when you have an insulator

c)

Energy that is stored in a system or object that results from the position or shape of an object

d)

None of the above

20.

Nuclear Energy is...

a)

Energy of the outside of an atom

b)

Energy that needs an insulator to convert the atoms into nuclear power

c)

Energy that is created by many atoms rubbing together

d)

The potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom

21.

Sound is produced when an object...

a)

Moves

b)

Makes a noise

c)

Vibrates

d)

Falls

22.

The solar oven transforms _________

a)

Light energy into chemical energy.

b)

Light energy into potential energy

c)

Light energy into thermal energy

d)

Thermal energy into chemical energy

23.

You need _____ to transfer energy

a)

a conductor

b)

contact

c)

electromagnetic waves

d)

zero vibrations

24.

No new ______ are formed in a physical change

a)

substances

b)

energies

c)

light sources

d)

electromagnetic waves

25.

If an object has more mass and speed it has more...

a)

Potential Energy

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Chemical Energy

d)

Electric Energy