Forms of Energy Quiz

What is the form of energy associated with the movement of objects?

• thermal energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• electrical energy

Give an example of mechanical energy.

• A moving car

• A growing plant

• A burning candle

• A running faucet

What is the form of energy that is related to the motion of particles within a substance?

• thermal energy

• potential energy

• electrical energy

• kinetic energy

How does thermal energy transfer from one object to another?

• Conduction, convection, or radiation

• Jumping, sliding, or spinning

• Eating, drinking, or breathing

• Laughing, crying, or sleeping

What type of energy is produced by the flow of electric charge?

• Nuclear energy

• Magnetic energy

• Electrical energy

• Kinetic energy

Name a common source of electrical energy in households.

• Wind

• Fire

• Electricity

• Water

What type of energy is produced by vibrations in the air, water, or other materials?

• Heat energy

• Light energy

• Sound energy

• Kinetic energy

How does sound energy travel through different mediums?

• By causing the medium to change color

• By creating a vacuum in the medium

• By causing the particles in the medium to vibrate and transmit the sound waves.

• By generating heat in the medium

What is the energy stored in the bonds of chemical compounds?

• Mechanical energy

• Chemical energy

• Biological energy

• Physical energy

Provide an example of chemical energy being converted into another form of energy.

• A battery powering a flashlight

• Gasoline being burned in a car engine

• Wind turning a windmill

• Water boiling in a kettle