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Types of Energy Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Imagine you're a tiny electron, zipping along a wire. What type of energy are you creating with your movement?

a)

Thermal Energy

b)

Nuclear Energy

c)

Electrical Energy

d)

Chemical Energy

2.

Imagine you're at a rock concert and the music is so loud, you can feel the vibrations! What type of energy is causing those vibrations?

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Potential Energy

c)

Thermal Energy

d)

Sound Energy

3.

Imagine you're a tiny atom, and you've got a bunch of buddies clinging onto you. What kind of energy are you all storing together?

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Potential Energy

c)

Chemical Energy

d)

Nuclear Energy

4.

Imagine you're a superhero, flying through the sky at incredible speeds! What type of energy is your super-speed giving you?

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Mechanical Energy

c)

Thermal Energy

d)

Chemical Energy

5.

Imagine you're an atom. What kind of energy is stored in your tiny nucleus?

a)

Nuclear Energy

b)

Solar Energy

c)

Thermal Energy

d)

Kinetic Energy

6.

Imagine you're a superhero who can see different types of energy! Which type of energy would you be seeing if you could detect the movement of electromagnetic waves?

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Potential Energy

c)

Radiant Energy

d)

Thermal Energy

7.

Imagine you're a superhero who can absorb energy! What kind of energy would you be soaking up when you're stretching a giant rubber band or squishing a stress ball?

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Thermal Energy

c)

Chemical Energy

d)

Elastic Energy

8.

Imagine you're an astronaut floating in space, far from Earth. You have a certain amount of energy stored between you and our home planet, based on how far you are and your own mass. What do we call this energy?

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Thermal Energy

c)

Chemical Energy

d)

Gravitational Potential Energy

9.

Imagine you're a tiny particle inside an object, bouncing around with all your particle friends. What type of energy are you all creating?

a)

Thermal Energy

b)
Potential Energy
c)
Chemical Energy
d)
Nuclear Energy
10.

Match the following:

a)

Potential Energy

1.

Any energy that is stored by an object.

b)

Kinetic Energy

2.

Energy caused by the motion of an object

c)

Kinetic Energy is based on...

3.

Mass and Velocity (speed) of the object.

d)

(Gravitational) Potential Energy is based on...

4.

Mass and Distance (height) of an object.

e)

Something that Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy have in common:

5.

Mass