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Science Energy

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

The ability to do work is called:

a)

work

b)

power

c)

energy

2.

Moving energy is correctly termed

a)

thermal energy

b)

kinetic energy

c)

potential energy

3.

Stored energy is correctly termed:

a)

potential energy

b)

radiant energy

4.

An example of chemical potential energy is the energy of:

a)

food on body

b)

a stereo playing music

c)

a moving arrow

5.

The energy of a ball flying through the air is...

a)

both kinetic and potential energy

b)

only kinetic energy

c)

mostly sound and heat energy

6.

The main type of energy of stereos and computers is:

a)

nuclear energy

b)

electrical energy

c)

heat energy

7.

"Energy cannot be created nor destroyed in any chemical reaction. It can only be changed from one form to another." This is known as the Law of:

a)

Energy Transfer

b)

Energy Transformation

c)

Conservation of Energy

8.

An energy transfer occurs when:

a)

energy forms matter as in the formation of the universe

b)

one form of energy changes to another energy form in the same object

c)

the form of energy remains the same type but is moved from one object to another

9.

When heat from a stove is used to boil water in a saucepan, this is an example of:

a)

an energy transformation

b)

an energy transfer

c)

energy translocation

10.

energy is never

a)

balanced

b)

created and destroyed

c)

stationary

11.

energy is ability to

a)

change

b)

transform

c)

change or move

12.

electromagnetic energy occurs when there is

a)

a flow of charge ions or electrons through a current

b)

a sharp change in temperature

c)

a change in a substance due to a chemical reaction

13.

Looking at the following list of objects, which would be using thermal energy?

a)

Melting butter

b)

Snow sled

c)

Chocolate chip cookies

d)

Green salad

14.

If you are sitting down at a table, not moving, what kind of energy exists?

a)

Stored energy

b)

Kinetic energy

c)

Electrical energy

d)

Thermal energy

15.

Looking at the following list of objects, which would be using chemical energy?

a)

Pogo stick

b)

Thermometer

c)

Ice cream

d)

basketball bat

16.

Which of the following is a conversion from chemical energy to thermal energy?

a)

Coal is burned at a power plant.

b)

Gasoline is burned in a car engine.

c)

Charcoal is burned in a barbeque pit.

d)

All of the above.

17.

An object that has kinetic energy must be...

a)

Lifted above earth's surface.

b)

In motion.

c)

At rest.

d)

None of the above.

18.

Sound energy is...

a)

The energy of a compound that changes as its atoms are rearranged to form new compounds.

b)

The total energy of the particles that make up an object.

c)

The energy caused by an object's vibrations.

19.

As height increases, so does...

a)

Potential energy.

b)

Kinetic energy.

c)

Thermal energy.