Conservation of Energy Basics Quiz

The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy is never __________________ or _________________, only transferred.

• created, destroyed

• created, subtracted

• added, subtracted

• destroyed, subtracted

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The two main categories for energy are:

• Mechanical & Chemical

• Potential & Kinetic

• Kinetic & Mechanical

• Potential & Chemical

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What are the units of energy?

• Watt

• Newton

• Joule

• Kelvin

Energy that is stored in a system, ready to be used, is called ____________ energy.

• Kinetic

• Potential

• Conserved

• Power

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Energy in a system that is moving is called _______________ energy.

• Kinetic

• Potential

• Mechanical

• Power

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A skydiver jumps out of a helicopter. What is happening in terms of energy?

• He is gaining potential energy as he falls, and losing kinetic energy.

• He is gaining kinetic energy as he falls and losing potential energy.

• His kinetic and potential energy is always the same.

• He is gaining kinetic and potential energy at the same time.

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In physics, we observe that energy can be transferred....

• ....from kinetic to potential.

• ....from potential to kinetic.

• Both of the other answers are correct

• No answer is correct.

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The food you eat becomes chemical _______________ energy for your body to convert into kinetic energy.

• potential

• thermal

• mechanical

• conservational

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The faster an object moves, the _______________ kinetic energy it must carry.

• more

• less

• constant

• varying

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Which of the following statements is true about energy?

• It has a single, clear definition.

• It can be observed through a particle.

• It only comes in one form.

• It comes in many forms, so it has no single definition.