Energy Quiz

Which of these is a way society is dependent on energy?

• Transportation

• Communication

• Healthcare

• All of the above

Which of these describes 'stored energy'?

• Sound energy

• Thermal energy

• Potential energy

• Kinetic energy

What type of energy does a moving object have?

• Kinetic energy

• Chemical energy

• Potential energy

• Nuclear energy

What type of energy is locked away in different kinds of substances and is often released by burning?

• Chemical energy

• Thermal energy

• Mechanical energy

• Electrical energy

Energy that describes the natural force of attraction created by an object that draws other objects toward itself is:

• Nuclear energy

• Elastic energy

• Gravitational energy

• Magnetic energy

Energy of motion, often associated with machines is:

• Kinetic energy

• Potential energy

• Chemical energy

• Thermal energy

Energy contained in an elastic material that has been stretched or compressed from its original shape

• Nuclear energy

• Chemical energy

• Elastic potential energy

• Gravitational energy

The movement of electrons from one atom to another in a conductor

• Nuclear energy

• Thermal energy

• Chemical energy

• Electrical energy

Heat energy that occurs as the atoms of a material become more active

• Electrical energy

• Chemical energy

• Nuclear energy

• Thermal energy

Energy that is related to heat energy that comes from the sun

• Solar energy

• Geothermal energy

• Wind energy

• Hydro energy