WorksheetsUnderstanding Energy Concepts
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is energy best described as?
The temperature of an object
The ability to cause change
The amount of matter in an object
The speed of an object
What unit is used to measure energy?
Kilogram
Newton
Joule
Meter
Which of the following is an example of kinetic energy?
A rolling skateboard
A stretched rubber band
A ball sitting on a shelf
A battery in a flashlight
Which of the following is an example of potential energy?
A light bulb that is turned on
A bird flying through the air
A car moving down a hill
Water stored behind a dam
Gravitational potential energy is most directly related to an object's:
Height above the ground
Color
Mass
Speed
A book is resting on a table. What kind of energy does it have due to its position?
Mechanical energy
Gravitational potential energy
Chemical energy
Kinetic energy
A roller coaster car is moving at the top of a hill. It has both potential and kinetic energy. What is the total of these two types of energy called?
Electrical energy
Mechanical energy
Chemical energy
Thermal energy
According to the Law of Conservation of Energy, what happens to energy in a system?
It disappears over time.
It is constantly being destroyed.
It can be transformed from one form to another, but the total amount stays the same.
It is constantly being created.
A bouncing ball has kinetic energy as it moves downwards. What happens to some of this energy when it hits the ground?
It is transformed into other forms of energy, like sound and heat.
It is completely created.
It is completely destroyed.
It remains only as kinetic energy.
What describes the location of an object?
Reference point
Motion
Energy
Position
To describe the position of a moving car, you would compare it to a:
Type of motion
Reference point
Change in time
Unit of energy
What is happening when an object's position changes over time?
It is losing kinetic energy.
It is gaining potential energy.
It is at rest.
It is in motion.
A swing is moving back and forth. At which point does it have the MOST gravitational potential energy?
When it stops moving.
In the middle of its swing.
At the bottom of its swing.
At the highest point of its swing.
A stretched spring has potential energy. When the spring is released and starts to move, what happens to this potential energy?
It is transformed into kinetic energy.
It disappears completely.
It remains as potential energy.
It becomes gravitational potential energy.
What does speed measure?
How heavy something is
How quickly something changes direction
The direction something is moving
How far something moves in a certain amount of time
Which of the following best describes acceleration?
The total distance something travels
How quickly the speed of something changes
The force acting on an object
How fast something is moving
Velocity is different from speed because velocity also includes:
The size of the object
The color of the object
The temperature of the object
The direction of movement
What is a force?
The resistance of an object to changes in motion
A push or a pull that can change how an object moves
A type of energy
A measure of how fast something is moving
Imagine a ball rolling on the floor. What is inertia?
The force making the ball roll
The ball's tendency to keep rolling or stay still unless a force acts on it
The direction the ball is rolling
The speed of the ball
A bicycle was moving at 5 m/s and then sped up to 10 m/s. This change in speed is called:
Inertia
Force
Constant velocity
Acceleration
If two cars are traveling at the same speed but in opposite directions, do they have the same velocity?
Yes, because they are both cars.
No, because their directions are different.
No, because one car is likely heavier.
Yes, because their speeds are the same.
Which of the following is an example of a force causing a change in motion?
A book sitting on a table
A leaf falling slowly through the air
Pushing a swing to make it go higher
A ball rolling at a constant speed on a flat surface
A heavy box is harder to push than a light box because the heavy box has more:
Speed
Acceleration
Velocity
Inertia
Which of these would require the most force to move from a resting position?
A piece of paper
A small feather
A tennis ball
A large truck
