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Energy | Week Oct 24-28

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Energy?

a)

The ability to do anything

b)

The ability to cause change or do work

c)

The investigation of nature

d)

A fact of life

2.

What is an example of kinetic energy?

a)

An apple in a tree

b)

A bouncy ball on the table

c)

A car driving on the highway

d)

A stretched out rubber band

3.

What is an example of potential energy?

a)

A bowling ball rolling down a lane

b)

A car parked in a lot

c)

An apple falling from a tree

d)

Sunlight heating up the atmosphere

4.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What transformation occurs in a toaster?

a)

Electrical to light

b)

Electrical to thermal

c)

Thermal to mechanical

d)

Solar to electrical

6.
Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 
a)
Potential 
b)
Energy
c)
Kinetic
d)
Friction
7.
At which point is potential energy greatest?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
8.

Which of the following is an example of a change of kinetic energy into gravitational potential energy?

a)
a person parachuting out of a plane
b)
a car racing around an oval track
c)
a person skiing down a hill
d)
a person walking up a hill
9.
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. 
10.
Food has _________ energy. 
a)
Potential 
b)
Kinetic 
c)
None of the above 
d)
All of the above 
11.
The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has. 
a)
more
b)
less
c)
none of the above
d)
all of the above 
12.

Which object shows an energy transformation from electrical to mechanical?

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.

What sort of energy transformation is this?

a)

Chemical to Thermal

b)

Thermal to chemical

c)

Kinetic to potential

d)

Open to closed

14.

What is an example of potential energy?

a)

A bowling ball rolling down a lane

b)

A car parked in a lot

c)

An apple falling from a tree

d)

Sunlight heating up the atmosphere

15.

What transformation occurs in a toaster?

a)

Electrical to light

b)

Electrical to thermal

c)

Thermal to mechanical

d)

Solar to electrical

16.

What type of energy transformation occurs when a piece of wood burns?

a)

Electrical energy is released as radiant energy

b)

Stored chemical energy is released as thermal energy

c)

Mechanical energy is stored as chemical energy

d)

No transformation occurs

17.
Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 
a)
Potential 
b)
Energy
c)
Kinetic
d)
Friction
18.
At which point is potential energy greatest?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
19.
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. 
20.
The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has. 
a)
more
b)
less
c)
none of the above
d)
all of the above 
21.

Which object shows an energy transformation from electrical to mechanical?

a)
b)
c)
d)
22.

What sort of energy transformation is this?

a)

Chemical to Thermal

b)

Thermal to chemical

c)

Kinetic to potential

d)

Open to closed

23.

Which is the best example of something that has kinetic energy?

a)

a basketball rolling across a court

b)

a car parked on a steep hill

c)

a picture hanging on the wall

d)

a piece of wood before it's burned

24.

A car gets energy from ______?

a)

sunlight

b)

gasoline

c)

food

25.

A plant gets its energy from

a)

food

b)

gasoline

c)

sunlight

d)

electricity