Energy Topic

What is Energy?

• The ability to do anything

• The ability to cause change or do work

• The investigation of nature

• A fact of life

What is an example of kinetic energy?

• A bird sitting in a tree

• A bouncy ball on the table

• A car driving on the highway

• A book on shelf

What is an example of potential energy?

• A bowling ball rolling down a lane

• A car parked in a lot

• An apple falling from a tree

• Sunlight heating up the atmosphere

Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

• True

• False

What is an example of sound energy?

• A thermometer heating up

• Solar panels generating electricity

• A guitar string being plucked

• A machine in an assembly line

What is nuclear energy?

• Energy in the nucleus of an atom

• Energy in the particles of an object

• Energy that is carried by electromagnetic waves

• Energy in a system of objects

Which of the following describes an energy transformation?

• When energy is lost due to friction

• An electric motor moving a car

• A solar panel powering a home

• A television projecting a show

What transformation occurs in a toaster?

• Electrical to radiant

• Electrical to thermal

• Thermal to mechanical

• Solar to electrical

What type of energy transformation occurs when a piece of wood burns?

• Electrical energy is released as radiant energy

• Stored chemical energy is released as thermal energy

• Mechanical energy is stored as chemical energy

• No transformation occurs

Energy can be transformed into many different forms:

• True

• False