Energy Forms and Transformations Quiz

What is the ability to do work or cause change?

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Electrical Energy

Which type of energy is stored and waiting to be used later?

• Potential Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Thermal Energy

What is the energy an object has due to its motion?

• Kinetic Energy

• Electromagnetic Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Thermal Energy

What type of energy is the internal motion of an object's atoms and molecules?

• Mechanical Energy

• Electromagnetic Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Chemical Energy

What is the energy stored in the nucleus of an atom?

• Electromagnetic Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Nuclear Energy

• Mechanical Energy

What type of energy is produced by the movement of electrons?

• Electromagnetic Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Electrical Energy

What type of energy is light energy?

• Mechanical Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Electromagnetic Energy

• Chemical Energy

What energy transformation occurs when an electric lamp is turned on?

• Mechanical Energy to Electromagnetic Energy

• Mechanical Energy to Electrical Energy

• Electrical Energy to Electromagnetic Energy

• Electrical Energy to Mechanical Energy

What type of energy is the spinning plate inside of a microwave oven?

• Mechanical Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Electromagnetic Energy

• Thermal Energy

What type of energy cooks food in a microwave oven?

• Electromagnetic Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Chemical Energy