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WorksheetsScience Uses of Energy
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is energy?
a)
The ability to do work
b)
A force
c)
Electricity
d)
The ability to transform work
2.
Energy of motion is which type of energy?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
Sound
d)
Gravitational
3.
What type of energy is in this picture?
a)
Kinetic
b)
Potential
c)
Chemical
d)
Sound
4.
The type of energy that allows us to hear is
a)
Mechanical
b)
Sound
c)
Light
d)
Electric
5.
What kind of energy is represented in this picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Chemical
c)
Electrical
d)
Sound
6.
What kind of energy is represented in this picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Potential
c)
Nuclear
d)
Mechanical
7.
What kind of energy?
a)
Thermal
b)
Electrical
c)
Mechanical
d)
Radiant
8.
What kind of energy does this device use?
a)
Chemical
b)
Electrical
c)
Thermal
d)
Chemical
9.
Work is:
a)
A transfer of energy by a force to move and object
b)
Something you get paid for
c)
Something you take home
d)
Makes you sweat
10.
On a roller coaster, where is maximum potential energy?
a)
At the bottom of a big hill
b)
When going around a corner
c)
When going upside down
d)
At the top of a big hill
11.
On a roller coaster, where is maximum kinetic energy?
a)
At the bottom of a big hill
b)
When going around a corner
c)
When going upside down
d)
At the top of a big hill
12.
Kinetic Energy is:
a)
Energy of motion
b)
always conserved
c)
Energy due to position
13.
Potential Energy is:
a)
The energy of motion
b)
always conserved
c)
The energy due to position
14.
Geothermal is an example.
a)
Radiant Energy
b)
Thermal Energy
c)
Chemical Energy
d)
Electrical Energy
15.
Wind and hydropower are examples.
a)
Chemical Energy
b)
Gravitational Energy
c)
Mechanical Energy
d)
Sound Energy
16.
Movement of a substance from one place to another.
a)
Chemical Energy
b)
Gravitational Energy
c)
Mechanical Energy
d)
Sound Energy
17.
The type of energy that allows us to hear is
a)
Mechanical
b)
Sound
c)
Light
d)
Electric
18.
What form of energy is being used when a person pushes heavy boxes across the floor?
a)
Electrical energy
b)
Mechanical energy
c)
Heat energy
d)
Sound energy
19.
The Sun produces
a)
light and heat energy
b)
sound and light energy
c)
heat and sound energy
d)
electrical and light energy
20.
How is light energy different than sound energy?
a)
Light energy moves slower.
b)
Light energy is what you see and sound energy is what you hear.
c)
Light energy uses vibrations and sound energy does not.
d)
Light energy is in a cell phone and sound energy is not.
21.
When a grasshopper rubs its lets together, a sound is made because
a)
its legs are hurt
b)
the movement causes vibrations
c)
the grasshopper is hungry and tired
d)
The grasshopper is warning other animals of danger
22.
Wind turbines change wind energy into________________.
a)
Electrical energy
b)
light energy
c)
wave energy
d)
sound energy
23.
People might use a lamp to help them see, but in many cases, the bulb gets quite warm. The two forms of energy being produced by the lamp are _____________________________.
a)
sound and thermal
b)
electrical and light
c)
light and thermal
d)
sound and mechanical
24.
Water flowing downhill is demonstrating what form of energy?
a)
mechanical
b)
sound
c)
light
d)
electrical
25.
Derek's hands are cold. Which is the best way for Derek to warm his hands?
a)
Hold them above his head.
b)
Shake them in the air.
c)
Spread his fingers far apart.
d)
Rub them together.
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