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Energy and Its Forms: Understanding Energy Transformations

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Understanding energy transformations helps in explaining how energy is ______.

a)

Created

b)

Transferred

c)

Destroyed

d)

Ignored

2.

_______ energy is the energy of moving electrons.

a)

Thermal

b)

Chemical

c)

Electrical

3.

Stored energy in bonds is referred to as _______ energy.

a)

Chemical

b)

Elastic

c)

Nuclear

d)

Gravitational

4.

What is chemical energy?

a)

Energy stored in chemical bonds

b)

Energy from the sun

c)

Energy from wind

d)

Energy from water

5.

When chemical bonds are broken, the released energy can ____.

a)

evaporate

b)

do work

c)

disappear

d)

freeze

6.

Chemical compounds, including fuels such as coal and gasoline, ____ energy.

a)

store

b)

release

c)

waste

d)

absorb

7.

Electrical energy occurs due to the flow of ______ in a conductor.

a)

Protons

b)

Neutrons

c)

Electrons

d)

Atoms

8.

The flow of electrons in a circuit is from the ______ terminal to the ______ terminal of the battery.

a)

Positive, Negative

b)

Negative, Positive

c)

Neutral, Positive

d)

Positive, Neutral

9.

In the context of electrical energy, what is the primary function of a battery?

a)

To store light

b)

To provide a path for electrons

c)

To supply energy

d)

To act as a resistor.

10.

What happens when electric charges exert forces?

a)

They stop moving

b)

They do work

c)

They disappear

d)

They change color.

11.

The diagram shows a circuit with a battery and a bulb. What is the function of the bulb?

a)

To store energy

b)

To act as a conductor

c)

To convert electrical energy into light

d)

To block the flow of electrons.

12.

What holds the nucleus of an atom together?

a)

Gravitational forces

b)

Electromagnetic forces

c)

Strong and weak nuclear forces

d)

Magnetic forces

13.

In nuclear fusion, energy is released when ______.

a)

Nuclei split apart

b)

Less massive nuclei combine

c)

Atoms evaporate

d)

Nuclei dissolve.

14.

In nuclear fission, energy is released by ______.

a)

Combining nuclei

b)

Splitting nuclei

c)

Absorbing nuclei

d)

Compressing nuclei

15.

Energy is the ability to do ______.

a)

work

b)

rest

c)

play

d)

nothing