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Gr 6 - Energy and Energy Change

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which fossil fuel is used the most as an energy resource?

a)

Oil

b)

Natural gas

c)

Coal

2.

Fossil fuel are stores of

a)

Kinetic energy

b)

Chemical energy

c)

Thermal energy

d)

Potential energy

3.

What is energy?

a)

moving energy

b)

stored energy

c)

renewable energy

d)

The ability to do work.

4.

What is potential energy?

a)

moving energy

b)

stored energy

c)

renewable energy

d)

non renewable energy

5.

What is kinetic energy?

a)

moving energy

b)

potential energy

c)

stored energy

d)

renewable energy

6.

Which of these things is an example of potential energy?

a)

a car motor

b)

firewood

c)

battery

d)

a fan

7.

What is given off from energy?

a)

water

b)

heat

c)

smoke

d)

ash

8.

Which of these is an example of kinetic energy?

a)

a bicycle

b)

a battery

c)

a solar panel

d)

firewood

9.

Which is an example of mechanical energy?

a)

listening to music

b)

opening a door

c)

fire burning wood

10.

Which type of energy has to do with objects in motion?

a)

Potential

b)

Kinetic

11.

Lightning is an example of _______________ energy.

a)

Electrical

b)

Kinetic

c)

Potential

d)

Chemical

12.

Food is an example of __________ energy.

a)

Kinetic

b)

Thermal

c)

Chemical

d)

Potential

13.

Melting ice cream is an example of _________________ energy.

a)

Thermal

b)

Potential

c)

Electric

d)

Kinetic

14.

A leaping frog is an example of ______________ energy.

a)

Potential

b)

Kinetic

c)

Mechanical

d)

Electromagnetic

15.
What is mechanical energy?
a)
The energy of motion
b)
The ability to cause motion (kinetic and potential energy)
c)
Stored energy
d)
How far something goes in a specific time
16.
"As a roller coaster moves around a track, it sometimes has potential energy, it sometimes has kinetic energy, and it sometimes has both." What is this an example of?
a)
Energy changes
b)
Energy transfer
17.

"A rolling marble has kinetic energy. If a moving marble hits a stationary marble, the second marble begins to move." What is this an example of?

a)
Energy changes
b)
Energy transfer
18.
Your marble roller coaster will have...
a)
kinetic energy
b)
potential energy
c)
mechanical energy
d)
all answer choices
19.
A spaceship stuck high in a tree is an example of...
a)
Potential energy
b)
Kinetic energy
c)
Mechanical energy
20.
Stretching a rubber band is an example of...
a)
Potential energy
b)
Kinetic energy
c)
Mechanical energy
21.
Energy makes everything happen in the universe. 
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Which of the following has potential energy?
a)
A roller coaster at the top of a hill
b)
A rolling marble
c)
A running dog
23.
Would a big alien have more or less kinetic energy than a small alien when they run at the same speed?
a)
More
b)
Less
24.
Which of the following is the main source of energy for living things?
a)
Food
b)
Gasoline
c)
Electricity
d)
Batteries
25.

Which of the following transforms energy from uranium atoms into electrical energy?

a)

magnetic fields

b)

solar panels

c)

nuclear fission

d)

satellite dish

26.

Which of the following transforms energy from plant and animal matter into electrical energy?

a)

rotating windmills

b)

burning biomass

c)

splitting atoms

d)

mining coal

27.
Which of the following transforms energy from the oceans into electrical energy?
a)
ocean buoys
b)
tidal turbines
c)
tsunamis
d)
deep sea trenches
28.

There is the same amount of energy today as when the world began.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Hidroelectric power stations produce electricity with the use of

a)

Gravitational and kinetic energy

b)

thermal and water energy

c)

potential and kinetic energy

d)

kinetic and electrical energy

30.

Which object shows an energy transformation from electrical to mechanical?

a)
b)
c)
d)
31.

What sort of energy transformation is this?

a)

Chemical to Thermal

b)

Thermal to chemical

c)

Kinetic to potential

d)

Open to closed

32.
The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has. 
a)
more
b)
less
c)
none of the above
d)
all of the above 
33.
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. 
34.

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
35.
At which point is potential energy greatest?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
36.

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

37.

What transformation occurs in a toaster?

a)

Electrical to light

b)

Electrical to thermal

c)

Thermal to mechanical

d)

Solar to electrical

38.

Which of the following describes an energy transformation?

a)

When energy is lost due to friction

b)

An electric motor moving a car

c)

A solar panel powering a home

d)

A television projecting a show

39.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

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

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