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Principles of Energy Vocabulary

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for renewable energy stored in plant-based material?

a)

Biomass Energy

b)

Solar Energy

c)

Geothermal Energy

d)

Wind Energy

2.

What is the network of connected electrical components which allows for the flow of electrical energy called?

a)

Circuit

b)

Battery

c)

Resistor

d)

Transformer

3.

What do you call a system with some components connected in series and some in parallel?

a)

Combination Circuits

b)

Simple Circuits

c)

Closed Circuits

d)

Open Circuits

4.

What is the flow of electrical energy in a circuit called?

a)

Current

b)

Voltage

c)

Resistance

d)

Power

5.

What is the energy delivered by the flow of free electrons called?

a)

Electrical Energy

b)

Thermal Energy

c)

Chemical Energy

d)

Mechanical Energy

6.

What is the flow of electrical energy that can be used interchangeably with the term electrical energy?

a)

Electricity

b)

Magnetism

c)

Heat

d)

Light

7.

What is the capacity to do work called?

a)

Energy

b)

Force

c)

Power

d)

Mass

8.

What is the process of changing energy from one form to another called?

a)

Energy Conversion

b)

Energy Storage

c)

Energy Dissipation

d)

Energy Absorption

9.

What is the conversion of energy to an undesired form like heat or sound called?

a)

Energy Loss

b)

Energy Storage

c)

Energy Generation

d)

Energy Transfer

10.

What are fuels created from decomposition of organic matter by natural processes on Earth over millions of years called?

a)

Fossil Fuels

b)

Biofuels

c)

Renewable Energy

d)

Nuclear Fuels

11.

What is the inexhaustible and renewable energy generated when turbines in a geothermal power plant are made to spin using gas flow called?

a)

Geothermal Energy

b)

Solar Energy

c)

Wind Energy

d)

Hydroelectric Energy

12.

What is the inexhaustible and renewable energy generated when water turns turbines in a hydroelectric power plant called?

a)

Hydroelectric Energy

b)

Geothermal Energy

c)

Solar Energy

d)

Wind Energy

13.

What is the term for resources that exist in enormous quantities which cannot be exhausted in the foreseeable future?

a)

Inexhaustible Resources

b)

Exhaustible Resources

c)

Renewable Resources

d)

Non-renewable Resources

14.

What is the sum of kinetic energy and potential energy called?

a)

Mechanical Energy

b)

Thermal Energy

c)

Nuclear Energy

d)

Chemical Energy

15.

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?

a)

Motor Constant

b)

Back EMF

c)

Stall Torque

d)

Rated Voltage

16.

What type of energy is derived from sources not easily replenished after being consumed?

a)

Nonrenewable Energy

b)

Renewable Energy

c)

Solar Energy

d)

Geothermal Energy

17.

What type of energy is stored in radioactive material, like uranium?

a)

Nuclear Energy

b)

Thermal Energy

c)

Chemical Energy

d)

Electrical Energy

18.

What law is an equation relating voltage, current and resistance?

a)

Ohm’s Law

b)

Newton’s Law

c)

Faraday’s Law

d)

Boyle’s Law

19.

What type of circuit has components connected in multiple branches?

a)

Parallel Circuits

b)

Series Circuits

c)

Open Circuits

d)

Closed Circuits

20.

What is the rate of transfer of energy called?

a)

Power

b)

Force

c)

Velocity

d)

Momentum

21.

What type of energy sources are easily replenished?

a)

Renewable Energy

b)

Fossil Fuels

c)

Nuclear Energy

d)

Non-renewable Energy

22.

What is the opposition to the flow of current called?

a)

Resistance

b)

Capacitance

c)

Inductance

d)

Conductance

23.

What type of circuit has components connected along the same path in a continuous loop?

a)

Series Circuit

b)

Parallel Circuit

c)

Open Circuit

d)

Short Circuit

24.

What type of energy is inexhaustible and renewable, generated when sunlight interacts with photovoltaic cells in solar panels?

a)

Solar Energy

b)

Geothermal Energy

c)

Nuclear Energy

d)

Fossil Fuel Energy

25.

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?

a)

Tidal Energy

b)

Geothermal Energy

c)

Nuclear Energy

d)

Fossil Fuel Energy

26.

What is the measure of the energy required to move a charge between two points?

a)

Voltage

b)

Current

c)

Resistance

d)

Power

27.

What is the inexhaustible and renewable energy generated when turbines in a wind energy plant are made to spin due to wind?

a)

Wind Energy

b)

Thermal Energy

c)

Nuclear Energy

d)

Geothermal Energy

28.

What is the transfer of mechanical energy between systems; done on an electrical device when electrical current flows through it?

a)

Work

b)

Power

c)

Voltage

d)

Resistance