- 1. Kinetic energy depends on two things. What are they?
A) mass & velocity
B) force & shape
C) weight & height
D) elasticity & speed
- 2. Which of the following would cause an increase in kinetic energy?
A) decrease elasticity
B) decrease mass
C) increase friction
D) increase velocity
A) stopped energy
B) thermal energy
C) stored energy
D) moving energy
- 4. The potential energy associated with objects that can be stretched or compressed is –
A) kinetic
B) gravitational
C) elastic
D) electromagnetic
- 5. Potential energy that depends on height is –
A) electromagnetic
B) gravitational
C) elastic
D) kinetic
- 6. Increasing which two things would increase gravitational potential energy?
A) mass & velocity
B) weight & height
C) force & shape
D) elasticity & speed
- 7. Which of the following is the energy associated with the motion or position of an object?
A) thermal energy
B) mechanical energy
C) electromagnetic energy
D) chemical energy
- 8. Which of the following is the total energy of the particles in a substance or material?
A) chemical energy
B) thermal energy
C) electromagnetic energy
D) nuclear energy
- 9. Suzie drops her ice cream cone on the ground in August. Soon, the ice cream will gain –
A) nuclear energy
B) thermal energy
C) chemical energy
D) electromagnetic energy
- 10. The food you eat and fossils fuels are both examples of this form of energy –
A) electromagnetic energy
B) thermal energy
C) nuclear energy
D) chemical energy
- 11. When you lay out on the beach in the sun, harmful UV rays can reach your skin. To protect your skin, you use sunscreen. What form of energy are you protecting your skin from?
A) thermal energy
B) electromagnetic energy
C) chemical energy
D) nuclear energy
- 12. Which of the following is the potential energy that is stored in the nucleus of the atom?
A) electromagnetic energy
B) thermal energy
C) nuclear energy
D) chemical energy
- 13. The sun, lightning, and a sparkler (small firework) have two forms of energy in common. What are they?
A) thermal & electromagnetic
B) chemical & electromagnetic
C) nuclear & thermal
D) electrical & nuclear
- 14. In any energy conversion, some of the energy is lost to the environment as –
A) reactant energy
B) heat energy
C) matter energy
D) nuclear energy
- 15. Most forms of energy cannot be converted into other forms of energy.
A) False
B) True
- 16. Chemical energy can be considered a form of potential energy because it’s the energy stored in the bonds that hold atoms together.
A) True
B) False
- 17. An example of a pendulum would be a tire swing. In a pendulum, the greatest potential energy is when the tire is at its lowest point.
A) True
B) False
- 18. Solar panels change electromagnetic energy to electrical energy.
A) False
B) True
- 19. A fan changes thermal energy into mechanical energy.
A) False
B) True
- 20. Your body changes chemical energy into mechanical and thermal energy.
A) True
B) False
- 21. Stars in our universe change nuclear energy into electromagnetic energy.
A) False
B) True
- 22. According to the law of conservation of energy, energy is destroyed during transformations.
A) False
B) True
- 23. A light bulb changes electrical energy into electromagnetic energy.
A) True
B) False
- 24. A disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave is called -
A) potential energy
B) sound energy
C) mechanical energy
D) light energy
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