8 PHYS Energy I

Select the answers that are a type of potential energy

• elastic energy

• chemical energy

• gravitational energy

• light energy

An object that is moving has what kind of energy?

• Electrical

• Movement

• Kinetic

• Sound

A battery has what kind of energy?

• Chemical

• Potential

• Light

• Heat

What kind of energy can be observed in a Newton's Cradle?

• Light

• Chemical

• Nuclear

• Mechanical

A car's engine can get really hot, the correct name for this energy is

• heat

• temperature

• thermal energy

• vibration energy

Dropping a basketball from a height transforms gravitational energy into kinetic energy

• true

• false

A rolling ball will always come to a stop, why?

• friction slows everything down, transforming kinetic energy to heat

• the ball stops because it runs out of energy

• the ball stops because you stopped rolling it

• the ball has destroyed its energy and stops moving

Placing the skater higher up has what effect on gravitational potential energy?

• increased gravitational potential energy

• decreased gravitational potential energy

• it had no effect on the gravitational potential energy

• the skater had gravitational energy

The sun releases what kind of energy?

• solar energy

• chemical energy

• elastic energy

• transformed energy

Chemical, elastic, gravitational and nuclear energy are all forms of

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• light energy

• useful energy