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Energy and Matter Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Energy can be created by a machine.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

If you pull a rubber band back but don't release it, what type of energy does the rubber band have?

a)

Kinetic energy

b)

Potential energy

c)

Motion energy

3.

At which position does the swing (pendulum) have the greatest kinetic energy?

a)

Position 1

b)

Position 2

c)

Position 3

4.

When a baby shakes a rattle, mechanical energy from shaking changes to what type of energy?

a)

Light

b)

Sound

c)

Heat

5.

Which two factors affect the amount of kinetic energy in a moving car?

a)

Height and velocity

b)

Height and mass

c)

Mass and velocity

6.

Which statement best describes the energy change that occur while a child is riding on a sled down a steep, snow-covered hill?

a)

Kinetic energy increase and potential energy decreases.

b)

Kinetic energy decrease and potential energy increases.

c)

Both potential and kinetic energy decreases.

7.

Which would correctly describe the transfer of energy as the children play baseball?

a)

Chemical energy to mechanical energy

b)

Sound energy to mechanical energy

c)

Light energy to thermal energy

8.

Which sequence of energy transformations occurs after a battery-operated flashlight is turned on?

a)

Light --> Chemical

b)

Electrical --> Chemical

c)

Electrical --> Light

9.

What type of energy is used to change a solid to a liquid?

a)

light

b)

heat

c)

electrical

10.

What does the term endothermic mean?

a)

Energy enters a system turning a solid to a liquid.

b)

Energy exits a system turning a liquid to a solid.

11.

What does the term exothermic mean?

a)

Energy enters a system turning a solid to a liquid.

b)

Energy exits a system turning a liquid to a solid.

c)

Energy enters a system turning a liquid to a gas.

12.

According to the First Law of Thermodynamics, which of the following statements is true?

a)

Heat is a form of energy that can be created and destroyed.

b)

A natural system always goes from order to disorder.

c)

Heat is a form of energy that can neither be created nor destroyed, only transferred.

13.

What does the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics state?

a)

If two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with a third body, they are not in equilibrium with each other.

b)

If two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with a third body, they are also in equilibrium with each other.

c)

Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

14.

What is "absolute zero" according to the Third Law of Thermodynamics?

a)

Energy and matter can't be created or destroyed.

b)

The temperature at which matter has no entropy or no kinetic motion.

c)

The temperature at which matter changes from one state to another.

15.

What is the Second Law of Thermodynamics primarily concerned with?

a)

The transfer of heat energy from a body at a lower temperature to a body at a higher temperature.

b)

The prediction of energy costs for heating and cooling systems.

c)

A natural system always moves rom order to disorder.