WorksheetsTypes of Energy
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the two main types of energy?
a)
Kinetic and Thermal
b)
Potential and Electrical
c)
Kinetic and Potential
d)
Chemical and Nuclear
2.
Which of the following is an example of chemical energy?
a)
A moving car
b)
A battery
c)
A light bulb
d)
A wind turbine
3.
What type of energy is associated with things like food and gasoline?
a)
Electrical energy
b)
Thermal energy
c)
Chemical energy
d)
Nuclear energy
4.
What provides energy for machines to work?
a)
Thermal energy
b)
Electrical energy
c)
Chemical energy
d)
Mechanical energy
5.
What is heat the flow of?
a)
Chemical energy
b)
Electrical energy
c)
Thermal energy
d)
Nuclear energy
6.
Which of the following can electrical energy transform into?
a)
Chemical energy
b)
Thermal energy
c)
Nuclear energy
d)
Mechanical energy
7.
What kind of energy do wind turbines possess?
a)
Chemical energy
b)
Electrical energy
c)
Mechanical energy
d)
Nuclear energy
8.
A drawn bow and arrow has what form of energy?
a)
Thermal energy
b)
Elastic potential energy
c)
Nuclear energy
d)
Chemical energy
9.
Where does nuclear energy come from?
a)
Burning fuels
b)
Splitting atoms
c)
Wind
d)
The sun
10.
What is the smallest unit of matter?
a)
A cell
b)
A molecule
c)
An atom
d)
An electron
11.
What process releases energy in a nuclear reactor?
a)
Combustion
b)
Nuclear fusion
c)
Nuclear fission
d)
Evaporation
12.
Which energy creates wind?
a)
Thermal Energy
b)
Electrical Energy
c)
Chemical Energy
d)
Nuclear Energy
13.
Which of these is a form of radiant energy?
a)
A stretched rubber band
b)
Light from the sun
c)
A rolling ball
d)
An apple hanging from a tree
14.
What type of energy is stored in a compressed spring?
a)
Sound energy
b)
Elastic energy
c)
Gravitational energy
d)
Kinetic energy
15.
An object in motion possesses which type of energy?
a)
Potential energy
b)
Radiant energy
c)
Kinetic energy
d)
Elastic energy
16.
Which of the following is an example of potential energy?
a)
A speeding train
b)
Water flowing over a waterfall
c)
A book resting on a shelf
d)
A ringing bell
17.
What is energy of vibrations that travel through the air?
a)
Radiant energy
b)
Sound energy
c)
Elastic energy
d)
Gravitational energy
18.
What kind of energy is associated with an object's height above the ground?
a)
Gravitational energy
b)
Kinetic energy
c)
Sound energy
d)
Radiant energy
19.
Which form of energy allows us to see?
a)
Sound energy
b)
Radiant energy
c)
Elastic energy
d)
Potential energy
20.
A trampoline stores what kind of energy when stretched?
a)
Kinetic energy
b)
Elastic energy
c)
Gravitational potential energy
d)
Sound energy
21.
A car traveling down the street has a lot of what kind of energy?
a)
Kinetic energy
b)
Potential energy
c)
Radiant energy
d)
Sound energy
22.
What energy does a raised weightlifter have before dropping the weight?
a)
Kinetic energy
b)
Sound energy
c)
Gravitational potential energy
d)
Elastic energy
23.
What type of energy do musical instruments produce when played?
a)
Radiant energy
b)
Sound energy
c)
Elastic energy
d)
Kinetic energy
24.
Which energy is responsible for objects falling to the ground?
a)
Gravitational energy
b)
Radiant energy
c)
Elastic energy
d)
Kinetic energy
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