Unit 2 - Energy Vocabulary Quiz

When one object bumps into another object, the action is called a ______.

• friction

• force

• collision

• potential

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_____ is the ability to do work or cause change.

• Friction

• Energy

• Force

• Kinetic

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Energy of motion is also called _____ energy.

• potential

• kinetic

• light

• sound

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The energy an object has based on its position is called ____ energy.

• potential

• kinetic

• light

• sound

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Force is _____.

• a push or pull

• the ability to do work

• the energy of motion

• bumping into an object

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Friction causes an object to _____.

• slow or stop

• stand still

• go really fast

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A force that causes particles to draw together. On Earth, this force pulls objects toward the center of Earth.

• friction

• gravity

• potential

• collision

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When you turn on a light switch, the energy is transferred from electrical energy into ____ energy.

• sound

• chemical

• light

• kinetic

The distance an object moves in a specific amount of time.

• energy

• speed

• kinetic

• potential

_____ energy is an energy that can be released by a chemical change.

• Light

• Sound

• Chemical

• Kinetic