Chapter 3 Energy, Work, and simple machine

1. Which type of energy is stored in the bonds between atoms?

• a) electrical

• a) chemical

• a) nuclear

• a) thermal

1. Energy is the ability to cause which?

• a) heat

• a) power

• a) change

• a) Force

1. What is the mechanical energy of an object?

• a) the sum of its kinetic and potential energy

• a) the sum of its kinetic and thermal energy

• a) the sum of its potential and thermal energy

• a) its kinetic energy minus its potential energy

1. Which is the energy stored in an object due to its position?

• a) potential energy

• a) kinetic energy

• a) thermal energy

• a) seismic energy

1. Thermal energy is the __________ of the particles in a material.

• a) potential energy

• a) temperature

• a) average kinetic energy

• a) total energy

1. Which of the following is an example of electrical energy?

• a) lightning

• a) the Sun warming a windowsill

• a) burning wax producing a flame

• a) your body utilizing food to maintain your internal temperature

1. a type of kinetic energy that powers a cell phone

• a) potential energy

• a) sound energy

• a) electric energy

• a) chemical energy

1. stored in the bonds between atoms

• a) potential energy

• a) sound energy

• a) electric energy

• a) chemical energy

1. important to bats as they search for prey

• a) potential energy

• a) sound energy

• a) electric energy

• a) chemical energy

1. stored in and released from the nucleus of an atom

• a) nuclear energy

• a) sound energy

• a) electric energy

• a) chemical energy