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Types of Energy

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Energy of motion is which type of energy?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
Sound
d)
Gravitational
2.
What kind of energy does this device use?
a)
Chemical
b)
Electrical
c)
Thermal
d)
Chemical
3.
Wind turbines and windmills convert (or change) what energy to another?
a)
Kinetic to electric
b)
Gravitational potential to electric
c)
Mechanical to potential
d)
Thermal to sound
4.
When a soccer ball is on a field, the energy it has just before being kicked is called
a)
kinetic energy
b)
potential energy
c)
mechanical energy
d)
chemical energy
5.
What type of energy is in this slingshot?
a)
Kinetic
b)
Potential
c)
Chemical
d)
Sound
6.
What kind of energy do scissors use?
a)
Thermal
b)
Electrical
c)
Mechanical
d)
Solar
7.

Heat Energy is called:

a)

Radiant Energy

b)

Chemical Energy

c)

Thermal Energy

d)

Mechanical Energy

8.

Energy is found in many different forms, but it can be classified into two distinct categories: kinetic energy and ________________ energy.

a)

electrial

b)

potential

c)

radiant

d)

thermal

9.

Electrical Energy is

a)

kinetic energy

b)

potential energy

10.

Sound Energy is

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Potential Energy

11.

Vibrations produce _______ energy.

a)

chemical

b)

sound

c)

potential

d)

light

12.

Which is the energy caused by the vibration of particles in a medium?

a)

chemical energy

b)

mechanical energy

c)

nuclear energy

d)

sound energy

13.

Also known as heat energy

a)

thermal

b)

thermos

c)

electrical

d)

electricity

14.

What energy is the movement of charged particles?

a)

energy

b)

radiant

c)

light

d)

electrical

15.

A skateboard sitting at the top of a ramp is an example of ____________________.

a)

kinetic energy

b)

potential energy

c)

energy

16.

(a)   energy is the energy of motion.

17.

When you play music on your phone, electricity turns into ___________.

a)

work

b)

heat

c)

sound

18.

When the power went out, a family lit a candle so they could find their way in the dark.

What form of energy is the candle being used for in this situation?

a)

Sound

b)

Thermal

c)

Light

d)

Electrical

19.

What type of energy do these appliances use?

a)

Solar

b)

Wind

c)

Electric

d)

Sound

20.

We receive ________ and heat energy from the Sun.

a)

sound

b)

mechanical

c)

light

d)

elastic

21.

Which type of energy is stored energy?

a)

Kinetic

b)

Potential

22.

Ryan rubs two sticks together quickly. When he stops rubbing the sticks, he notices that they are warm where he rubbed them. What type of energy has been produced?

a)

Sound energy

b)

Thermal energy

c)

Light energy

23.

What is the type of energy when someone is speaking?

a)

Thermal

b)

Kinetic

c)

Sound

d)

Chemical

24.

What is the type of energy that comes out of a power socket?

a)

Sound

b)

Light

c)

Electrical

d)

Potential

25.

Electrical energy, which is energy of moving electrons, is an example of ______

a)

Kinetic energy

b)

Potential energy

26.
What is the form of energy associated with visible light?
a)
light energy
b)
thermal energy
c)
chemical energy
d)
kinetic energy
27.
What is energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor?
a)
electrical energy
b)
solar energy
c)
mechanical energy
d)
potential energy
28.
What is the movement of an electric charge from one place to another?
a)
energy
b)
reflect
c)
refract
d)
electric current
29.
What is the ability to do work or cause change?
a)
reflect
b)
energy
c)
refract
d)
absorb
30.
What is it called when light is blocked?
a)
translucent
b)
transparent
c)
opaque
d)
absorb
31.
What is 'to bounce off'?
a)
reflect
b)
refract
c)
attract
d)
repel
32.
What is the path that a controlled electric current flows through?
a)
energy
b)
electric current
c)
electric circuit
d)
electric charge
33.
What is it called when light passes through a material through easily?
a)
translucent
b)
opaque
c)
absorb
d)
transparent
34.
What is the tiny amount of energy in the particles of matter?
a)
electric circuit
b)
electric current
c)
electric charge
d)
energy
35.
What is the word used when light bends?
a)
reflect
b)
refract
c)
absorb
d)
repel
36.
What is the word for 'to take in'?
a)
reflect
b)
absorb
c)
refract
d)
opaque
37.

The rock at the top of the hill has what type of energy?

a)

potential

b)

kinetic

c)

light

d)

sound

38.

If I leave my metal spoon in the pot that I am cooking macaroni and cheese in, the spoon will get hot too! The spoon is an example of:

a)

insulator

b)

conductor

39.

Light travels in a:

a)

bendy line

b)

straight line

c)

a curvy line

d)

round line

40.

A window is transparent. Which description best describes transparent?

a)

All light passes through an object

b)

Some light passes through an object

c)

no light passes through an object

41.

The classroom door is opaque. Which description best means opaque?

a)

All light passes through an object

b)

Some light passes through an object

c)

No light passes through an object

42.

A pot is on a burning stove, what heat transfer is causing the handle to get hot?

a)

Conudction

b)

Convection

c)

Conduction

d)

Radiation

43.

What is heat?

a)

Heat

b)

Energy

c)

Thermal energy

d)

Thermal conductivity

44.

Makai is boiling water in a pot on the stove. He wonders how all of the water in the pot gets hot even though only the bottom level of the water is near the heat source. What kind of heat transfer causes all of the water to get hot?

a)

Conduction

b)

Convectoin

c)

Convection

d)

Conuction

45.
What is the definition of CONDUCTION?
a)
When heat is transferred from objects like rays of light or electromagnetically.
b)
a  hot liquid or air that  expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
c)
When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
d)
When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.
46.

Conduction requires

a)

Electricity

b)

the electromagnetic spectrum and particles

c)

air or water flow

d)

direct contact

47.

Heat transfer always moves ...

a)

cold to hot

b)

east to west

c)

hot to cold

d)

north to south

48.
The transfer of heat energy by direct contact, or touch, is __________________?
a)
radiation
b)
convection
c)
conduction
d)
greenhouse effect
49.

The heat you feel when you put your hands ABOVE a fire.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

50.

Metals are great at allowing heat to flow through, we call these.

a)

conductors

b)

insulators

51.

Rubber is not good at allowing heat to flow through, we call these.

a)

conductors

b)

insulators

52.
What is vibrate?
a)
moving foward
b)
moving backwards
c)
moving back and forth very slow
d)
moving back and forth very fast
53.
What is frequency?
a)
the number of vibrations per second
b)
how high or low a sound is
c)
the loudness or softness of a sound
d)
the back and forth movement of matter
54.
Measure of how high or low a sound is
a)
amplitude
b)
compression
c)
speed of sound
d)
pitch
55.
If you walk into an empty gym and yell, why would you hear an echo?
a)
The gym walls are soft and uneven. 
b)
The sound waves are being absorbed by the hard smooth walls.
c)
The sound waves are bouncing off the hard smooth gym walls.
d)
The gym walls are really clean.
56.
Why do we not hear sound in outer space?
a)
there is no one out there to hear it.
b)
it is so cold
c)
it is a vacuum or empty space so there is not a medium for sound to travel
d)
there are too many stars that are exploding
57.
The ___________________ is how loud or soft a sound is. 
a)
echo
b)
frequency
c)
pitch
d)
volume
58.
The higher the amplitude of a sound wave, the ____ the sound. 
a)
louder
b)
quieter
59.
Sound travels through solids.
a)
True
b)
False
60.
Sound is a kind of energy that travels in ___.
a)
waves
b)
currents
c)
wires
d)
groups
61.
You hear sound when the ___ inside your ear vibrates.
a)
eardrum
b)
skin
c)
blood
d)

muscles

62.
This sound wave has a:
a)
high pitch
b)
low pitch
63.
This sound wave has a: 
a)
high volume
b)
low volume
64.
When we hear an echo it is because... 
a)
sound travels slowly 
b)
sound is reflected off an object
c)
sound travels quickly 
d)
Sound travels backwards
65.

Current electricity is when_________________

a)

electrical energy jumps from one thing to another

b)

magic happens

c)

electrical energy flows through a circuit

d)

you get shocked by touching a doorknob

66.
Which of the following an insulator?
a)
copper
b)
wood
c)
silver
d)
salt water
67.

What is a build-up of electrical charges?

a)

Static electricity

b)

Electrical charges

c)

Friction

68.
What is the difference between a conductor and an insulator?
a)
An insulator allows electricity to flow through it easily and a conductor does not
b)
A conductor allows electricity to flow through it easily and an insulator does not.
c)
An insulator is magnetic and a conductor is not
d)
A conductor is magnetic and an insulator is not
69.
What is one type of good conductor that we learned about in class?
a)
Most plastics
b)
Most fruits
c)
Most wood products
d)
Most metals
70.

Marcus notices that his cell phone needs to be charged. He grabs his charging cord and plugs it into the bottom of his phone. What type of energy is being used to charge his phone?

a)

heat energy

b)

electrical energy

71.

Which of the following are sources of renewable energy? Select ALL that apply.

a)

wind

b)

hydroelectric

c)

oil

d)

gas

e)

geothermal

72.

What is the renewable source that produces energy from the sun?

a)

Hydroelectric

b)

Solar

c)

Biomass

d)

Geothermal

73.
Which of the following is a fossil fuel?
a)
Wind
b)
Coal
c)
Solar
d)
Biomass
74.
Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
75.
An example of an insulator is:
a)
iron
b)
silver
c)
copper wire
d)
rubber

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