Energy Vocab Quiz

What is energy?

• The ability to cause change in matter

• A type of food

• A kind of battery

• The speed of light

  
  

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Which of the following best describes electric current?

• A type of battery

  
  

• A flow of electric charges along a path

  
  

• The brightness of a light bulb

  
  

• The power of a lightning bolt

  
  

What is energy transfer?

• Creating new energy

  
  

• Destroying energy

  
  

• A movement of energy from place to place or from one object to another

  
  

• Changing the color of energy

  
  

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What is a circuit?

• A type of energy

  
  

• A kind of battery

  
  

• An open path for electricity

  
  

• A closed path or loop that an electric charge flows through

  
  

Which of the following is an example of energy transformation?

• Moving a toy car from one room to another

  
  

• Turning on a light switch

  
  

• Changing a light bulb

  
  

• Converting electrical energy into light energy in a lamp

  
  

In a flashlight, what type of energy is transformed into light energy?

• Solar energy

  
  

• Chemical energy from batteries

  
  

• Nuclear energy

  
  

• Wind energy

  
  

What does an electric current need to flow through?

• Air

• Wood

• A circuit

  
  

• Water

Which of these is NOT a form of energy?

• Heat

• Light

• Sound

• Rock

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When you plug in and turn on a fan, what type of energy transfer occurs?

• Electrical energy to mechanical energy

  
  

• Chemical energy to light energy

  
  

• Heat energy to sound energy

  
  

• Nuclear energy to electrical energy

  
  

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What happens in an energy transformation?

• Energy disappears

  
  

• New energy is created

  
  

• Energy changes from one form to another

  
  

• Energy stays the same

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