Energy Forms Quiz

Energy is the ability to

• use gravity
• cause change
• hold objects
• kinetic

A moving truck has more _________ energy than a parked truck.

• sound
• kinetic
• potential
• thermal

Energy that is stored is called __________ energy

• potential
• kinetic
• mechanical
• thermal

Which has more gravitational energy?

• A snowboarder at the top of a mountain
• A person laying on the beach
• A parked car

Energy of motion is which type of energy?

• Kinetic
• Potential
• Sound
• Gravitational

Which situation is an example of work?

• a person hitting a pitched baseball
• a person holding several tools
• a person sitting in a parked car

The amount of ____________ energy an object has depends on the object’s speed and mass.

• kinetic
• potential
• nuclear
• work

Pick the object that has the most kinetic energy.

• a moving car
• a parked car

Pick the object that has the most kinetic energy.

• a 1,500-kg car traveling 20 m/s
• a 1,500-kg car traveling 30 m/s

Pick the object that has the most kinetic energy.

• a fast-moving football
• a slow-moving football