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WorksheetsEnergy Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
Energy is defined as:
(a)
The law of conservation of energy states that:
(a)
How much energy does it take to lift a 175kg car 9m?
15,435 J
1,575 J
14,175 J
19.4 J
Bella is skiing 100 meters in 20 seconds. How fast is she going?
5 meters per second
0.2 meters per second
10 meters per second
2000 meters per second
6. Nemo is 2 kg and is swimming at 1.5 m/s. How much energy does he have?
4.5 J
3.0 J
2.25 J
29.4 J
In a Rube Goldberg machine, a ball rolls down a ramp and strikes a domino, causing it to topple. Which type of energy is primarily transferred from the ball to the domino?
Chemical to electrical
Kinetic to potential
Kinetic to kinetic
Thermal to sound
At the top of a ramp, the ball in a Rube Goldberg machine has stored energy due to its position. What type of energy is this?
Gravitational potential energy
Thermal energy
Chemical energy
Elastic potential energy
As the ball moves down the ramp in the Rube Goldberg machine, which type of energy transformation is taking place?
Potential to kinetic
Chemical to thermal
Electrical to mechanical
Kinetic to sound
When a balloon in the Rube Goldberg machine deflates and pushes a lever, which energy transformation is demonstrated?
Chemical energy to thermal energy
Elastic potential energy to kinetic energy
Gravitational energy to potential energy
Electrical energy to sound energy
The Rube Goldberg machine knocks over a cup of water, which pours onto a small water wheel and causes it to spin. Which types of energy are involved in this part of the machine?
Thermal to chemical
Mechanical to electrical
Gravitational potential to kinetic
Chemical to elastic
In one part of the Rube Goldberg machine, a marble hits a series of dominoes, and sound is produced. How is the sound created in terms of energy transfer?
Chemical energy is converted to sound energy.
Kinetic energy is transferred and partly converted into sound energy.
Electrical energy is transferred into sound energy.
Potential energy is directly converted to sound energy.
In a Rube Goldberg machine, a rubber band is stretched and used to release a small object. What kind of energy is stored in the stretched rubber band?
Kinetic energy
Elastic potential energy
Gravitational energy
Chemical energy
Which statement about energy conservation applies to the Rube Goldberg machine as it completes a series of actions?
Energy is continuously created to keep the machine running.
Energy is transferred and transformed but remains constant in amount.
Energy is destroyed as it moves through each step of the machine.
Energy alternates between being created and destroyed in each action.
In a Rube Goldberg machine, a heated object melts a piece of wax, which then causes a marble to roll. Which types of energy transformation are involved here?
Thermal energy to chemical energy to kinetic energy
Thermal energy to potential energy to sound energy
Chemical energy to kinetic energy to potential energy
Electrical energy to thermal energy to mechanical energy
A pendulum swings in the Rube Goldberg machine, transferring energy back and forth. What type of energy transformation occurs as it moves from its highest point to its lowest point?
Thermal energy to potential energy
Potential energy to kinetic energy
Chemical energy to electrical energy
Elastic energy to kinetic energy
Electrical energy is:
Potential
Kinetic
Thermal energy is:
Potential
Kinetic
Radiant energy is:
Potential
Kinetic
Sound energy is:
Potential
Kinetic
Gravitational energy is:
Potential
Kinetic
Nuclear energy is:
Potential
Kinetic
Chemical energy is:
Potential
Kinetic
Elastic energy is:
Potential
Kinetic
The SI unit for energy is the
Joule (J)
Newton (N)
kilogram (kg)
Watt (W)
The force of friction generally causes a transfer of energy from kinetic to
thermal energy
radiant energy
elastic energy
chemical energy
