Forms/States of Energy

Mr. Blease moves through the hallway on roller skates.  What energy is demonstrated by his movement?

• Mechanical potential energy
• Electrical energy
• Mechanical kinetic energy
• Chemical energy

Water that runs over man-made dams on rivers transform what type of energy into what other type of energy?

• chemical to mechanical
• mechanical to electrical
• magnetic to electrical
• nuclear to chemical

Mechanical potential energy is any state of energy that 

• is stored in an object, or due to an object’s position.
• is in use or in an object’s movement
• is stored deep in the particles of matter
• moves in electromagnetic waves

Food provides ____________ energy for living things just as gasoline provides the same energy for cars.

• thermal
• chemical
• electrical
• radiant

 Mechanical kinetic energy is any state of energy----

• in batteries
• in food
• in use or in motion
• in storage

What is a measure of thermal energy?

• temperature
• newtons
• meters
• pressure

What kind of energy is stored within a battery?

• Kinetic
• Potential
• Chemical 
• Thermal

Which of the following illustrates the concept of mechanical kinetic energy?

• a boulder falling off  a cliff
• a spring compressed by a weight
• a stretched rubber band
• the battery of a portable radio, which has been turned off

Solar cells in panels absorb __________ energy to generate electrical energy.

• radiant 
• mechanical 
• potential 
• electrical

Water in a pot on a stove begins to move faster.  The faster the water molecules move, the higher the temperature of the water.  This illustrates what form of energy?

• chemical
• mechanical
• thermal
• electrical