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IPC Ch.4 Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Total amount of kinetic and potential energy in a system

a)

work

b)

mechanical energy

c)

potential energy

d)

efficiency

2.

The ability to cause change

a)

energy

b)

simple machine

c)

work

d)

joule

3.

stored energy due to position

a)

mechanical energy

b)

kinetic energy

c)

potential energy

d)

efficiency

4.

energy in the form of motion

a)

energy

b)

kinetic energy

c)

joule

d)

law of conservation of energy

5.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed

a)

mechanical energy

b)

efficiency

c)

law of conservation of energy

d)

work

6.

does work with only one movement of the machine

a)

simple machine

b)

work

c)

compound machine

d)

joule

7.

energy stored in chemical bonds

a)

gravitational potential energy

b)

chemical potential energy

c)

elastic potential energy

d)

kinetic energy

8.

ratio of output work to input work

a)

work

b)

energy

c)

efficiency

d)

joule

9.

SI unit of energy

a)

joule

b)

newton

c)

meter

d)

kilogram

10.

force applied through a distance

a)

joule

b)

work

c)

energy

d)

mechanical advantage

11.

energy stored by things that are above earth

a)

joule

b)

chemical potential energy

c)

elastic potential energy

d)

gravitational potential energy

12.

The amount of kinetic energy a moving object has depends on its mass and its _________.

a)

height

b)

speed

c)

distance

d)

length

13.

The number of times a machine multiplies the effort force is the ___________ of the machine.

a)

mechanical advantage

b)

efficiency

c)

mechanical energy

d)

work

14.

You convert kinetic energy into thermal energy when you rub your hands together because of __________.

a)

efficiency

b)

joule

c)

energy

d)

friction

15.

The total energy of a system remains ________.

a)

unpredictable

b)

constant

c)

joule

d)

changing

16.

Screws and wedges are modified ________.

a)

inclined planes

b)

wheel and axels

c)

levers

d)

pulleys

17.

A car engine changes chemical potential energy into the _______ energy of the moving car.

a)

mechanical

b)

potential

c)

kinetic

d)

radiant

18.

Heat is also called ________ energy.

a)

kinetic

b)

radiant

c)

chemical

d)

thermal

19.

A compound machine is a combination of two or more __________.

a)

efficiencies

b)

joules

c)

simple machines

d)

work

20.

Plants storing energy from the sun in chloroplasts is an example of __________ potential energy.

a)

gravitational

b)

thermal

c)

elastic

d)

chemical