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Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 25mins
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Class
Date
1.
Potential Energy is:
a)
The energy of motion
b)
always conserved
c)
Stored energy due to position, place, or condition
d)
Stored energy
2.
If someone wants to conserve natural resources, which of these will they do
a)
Carpool
b)
Recycle
c)
Ride their bike to school
d)
Turn off lights when they leave a room
3.
What is an advantage to solar energy
a)
it pollutes
b)
it is gathered 24 hours a day
c)
it works well no matter where you are in the world
d)
it is renewable
4.
If a man is pushing a wheelbarrow up a hill, describe what is occurring in terms of energy when the man is half way up the hill.
a)
Decreasing Potential, Increasing Kinetic
b)
Increasing Potential, Decreasing Kinetic
c)
Increasing potential and kinetic stays about the same
d)
Both potential and kinetic decreasing
5.
A man stops his car on top of a hill, describe this scenario in terms of energy.
a)
High Potential Energy, no kinetic energy
b)
High Kinetic Energy, no potential energy
c)
It is impossible to tell
d)
PE and KE are equal
6.
How does heat transfer
a)
From cold to hot
b)
From hot to cold
c)
back and forth between hot and cold
7.
What law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can only be changed from one form to another?
a)
law of conservation of energy
b)
law of conservation of matter
c)
law of gravity
d)
law of proportions
8.
When is the potential energy the greatest in a roller coaster?
a)
at the top of the second (lower) hill
b)
at the top of the first (highest) hill
c)
at the bottom of the first, (highest) hill
d)
at the bottom of the second (lower) hill
9.
Energy...
a)
is the ability to do work or cause a change
b)
is all the movement in the universe
c)
cannot be created or destroyed
d)
all of the above
10.
When chemical reactions occur, what type of energy is often occurring at the same time?
a)
Stored Mechanical
b)
Atomic
c)
Thermal
d)
Radiant
11.
Which is an example of potential energy?
a)
A book on the top shelf
b)
A kite flying in the air
c)
A fox chasing a mouse
d)
A bowling ball rolling
12.
What is an advantage to using Geothermal energy?
a)
It pollutes
b)
It is renewable and safe
c)
It is not very efficient
d)
It is available only in a few places
13.
What type of energy does this roller coaster car have?
a)
Mostly potential
b)
Mostly kinetic
c)
No energy
d)
PE and KE are equal
14.
Look at the diagram. Which point does the ball have the maximum potential energy?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
15.
Look at the diagram. At which point does the ball have the maximum kinetic energy?
a)
B
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E
16.
Which statement is false about hydro-power energy?
a)
It is renewable
b)
its very safe for the environment and sea life
c)
a disadvantage is that you have to be near a water source to use it.
d)
It doesn't pollute
17.
What is it called when one form of energy is changed to another form?
a)
Energy change
b)
Energy conversion
c)
Electrical conversion
d)
Force change
18.
When you walk past a space heater and you feel the warmth, what type of heat transfer is it?
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
19.
What is the energy of moving electrons?
a)
Nuclear
b)
thermal
c)
sound
d)
electrical
20.
A compost bin is where
a)
plant matter can decay and used to make energy
b)
where matter and its energy is destroyed
c)
a type of garden
d)
plants die and pollute our environment
21.
The main source of energy for our planet is/are
a)
the sun.
b)
the earth’s core.
c)
greenhouse gasses.
d)
cosmic background radiation.
22.
What energy transformation occurs in the flashlight above when it is on?
a)
heat--> magnetic--> light
b)
chemical--> magnetic--> light
c)
chemical--> electrical--> light
d)
mechanical--> electrical--> light
23.
When a pendulum swings, at which point is potential and kinetic energy equal
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
5
24.
What energy is pulling an arrow back
a)
kinetic, mechanical energy
b)
potential, stored mechanical energy
c)
kinetic, stored mechanical energy
d)
potential, mechanical energy
25.
The glow sticks produce light for a short amount of time. The light from the glow stick is a conversion from what to what?
a)
Light to thermal
b)
gravitational to potential
c)
radiant to electrical
d)
chemical to light
26.
Wind turbines and windmills convert what energy to another?
a)
Kinetic/Mechanical to Kinetic/electric
b)
Gravitational potential to electric
c)
Mechanical to potential
d)
Kinetic/Thermal to sound
27.
Look at the diagram. At which point does the ball have the minimum kinetic energy?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
28.
When you touch a hot door knob that is what type of energy transfer to your hand?
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Induction
d)
Radiation
29.
The rising and falling of liquids and gasses best describes what heat transfer?
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
30.
Which type of energy is released in many chemical reactions?
a)
Light
b)
Thermal
c)
Electrical
d)
Sound
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