Energy Quiz
Energy Quiz
Energy Quiz
Energy
3. When Bill Nye swung the bowling ball it didn’t hit his face because
A. there can’t be more potential energy than kinetic
B. there can’t be more kinetic energy than potential
C. kinetic energy and potential energy are always the same
7. A Car converts
A. Chemical to heat to mechanical energy
B. Heat to mechanical to chemical energy
C. Nuclear to heat to mechanical energy
D. Mechanical to heat to chemical
9. A battery transfers
A. Heat energy to electrical B. Electrical energy to chemical
C. Chemical energy to electrical D. Nuclear energy to chemical
10. A roller coaster car at the bottom of a hill has maximum kinetic energy and
A. Minimum potential energy B. Maximum potential energy
C. Maximum chemical energy D. Maximum nuclear energy
11. When water is waiting behind a closed dam it has what type of energy?
A. Chemical B. Potential
C. Kinetic D. Nuclear
12. How long will the energy from a camp fire exist
A. For the first five minutes B. until the fire burns out
C. Five days D. as long as the universe exists
13. If the potential energy from the dam did not disappear then what happened?
A. It was transferred to potential energy. B. It created kinetic energy.
C. It was transferred to electrical energy. D. It created electrical energy.
Observe the two stations at the front of the room and fill out the following chart on
a separate sheet of paper. (2 pts each)
Object Where did the energy come Where does the energy go?
from?
14 18.
15 19.
16 20.
17 21.
Read the following paragraph and describe how the law of conservation of energy is
being demonstrated on a separate sheet of paper. Be sure to
Coal is burned to make steam that is blown against huge propellers called turbines. The
turbines spin around in a magnetic field to produce electricity. This electricity is used to
run a kitchen blender. (4 points)