WorksheetsPrinciples of Energy Vocabulary
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
What is the term for renewable energy stored in plant-based material?
Biomass Energy
Solar Energy
Geothermal Energy
Wind Energy
What is the network of connected electrical components which allows for the flow of electrical energy called?
Circuit
Battery
Resistor
Transformer
What do you call a system with some components connected in series and some in parallel?
Combination Circuits
Simple Circuits
Closed Circuits
Open Circuits
What is the flow of electrical energy in a circuit called?
Current
Voltage
Resistance
Power
What is the energy delivered by the flow of free electrons called?
Electrical Energy
Thermal Energy
Chemical Energy
Mechanical Energy
What is the flow of electrical energy that can be used interchangeably with the term electrical energy?
Electricity
Magnetism
Heat
Light
What is the capacity to do work called?
Energy
Force
Power
Mass
What is the process of changing energy from one form to another called?
Energy Conversion
Energy Storage
Energy Dissipation
Energy Absorption
What is the conversion of energy to an undesired form like heat or sound called?
Energy Loss
Energy Storage
Energy Generation
Energy Transfer
What are fuels created from decomposition of organic matter by natural processes on Earth over millions of years called?
Fossil Fuels
Biofuels
Renewable Energy
Nuclear Fuels
What is the inexhaustible and renewable energy generated when turbines in a geothermal power plant are made to spin using gas flow called?
Geothermal Energy
Solar Energy
Wind Energy
Hydroelectric Energy
What is the inexhaustible and renewable energy generated when water turns turbines in a hydroelectric power plant called?
Hydroelectric Energy
Geothermal Energy
Solar Energy
Wind Energy
What is the term for resources that exist in enormous quantities which cannot be exhausted in the foreseeable future?
Inexhaustible Resources
Exhaustible Resources
Renewable Resources
Non-renewable Resources
What is the sum of kinetic energy and potential energy called?
Mechanical Energy
Thermal Energy
Nuclear Energy
Chemical Energy
What term describes the performance of a motor in terms of the energy consumed; indicates the amount of torque generated for a certain amount of energy consumed?
Motor Constant
Back EMF
Stall Torque
Rated Voltage
What type of energy is derived from sources not easily replenished after being consumed?
Nonrenewable Energy
Renewable Energy
Solar Energy
Geothermal Energy
What type of energy is stored in radioactive material, like uranium?
Nuclear Energy
Thermal Energy
Chemical Energy
Electrical Energy
What law is an equation relating voltage, current and resistance?
Ohm’s Law
Newton’s Law
Faraday’s Law
Boyle’s Law
What type of circuit has components connected in multiple branches?
Parallel Circuits
Series Circuits
Open Circuits
Closed Circuits
What is the rate of transfer of energy called?
Power
Force
Velocity
Momentum
What type of energy sources are easily replenished?
Renewable Energy
Fossil Fuels
Nuclear Energy
Non-renewable Energy
What is the opposition to the flow of current called?
Resistance
Capacitance
Inductance
Conductance
What type of circuit has components connected along the same path in a continuous loop?
Series Circuit
Parallel Circuit
Open Circuit
Short Circuit
What type of energy is inexhaustible and renewable, generated when sunlight interacts with photovoltaic cells in solar panels?
Solar Energy
Geothermal Energy
Nuclear Energy
Fossil Fuel Energy
What type of energy is inexhaustible and renewable, collected using tidal turbines, which generate electricity when they are made to spin due to motion of the tide?
Tidal Energy
Geothermal Energy
Nuclear Energy
Fossil Fuel Energy
What is the measure of the energy required to move a charge between two points?
Voltage
Current
Resistance
Power
What is the inexhaustible and renewable energy generated when turbines in a wind energy plant are made to spin due to wind?
Wind Energy
Thermal Energy
Nuclear Energy
Geothermal Energy
What is the transfer of mechanical energy between systems; done on an electrical device when electrical current flows through it?
Work
Power
Voltage
Resistance
