Short Answer
Types of Energy
Multiple Choice
Bonus
100

What is energy?

Energy is the ability to do work

100

What kind of energy is created through electromagnetic waves?

Radiant

100

What sector consumes the most energy? 

a) Transportation  

b) Residential

c) Agriculture

d) Industrial

Industrial

100

Benito feels a "shock" when he takes his socks out from the dryer. Why? What form of energy might this be?

Static Electricity. Happens when an object is charged with electrons.

200

What is a renewable energy source? Give an example.

Something that can be used more than once because it is replace naturally. Examples may vary.

200

What comes from objects when they move?

Mechanical

200

Which of the following is not an example of conserving resources: 

a) Leaving the tap running while brushing your teeth. 

b) Turning off all the lights before leaving the house. 

c) Walking to school instead of driving 

d) Hanging up laundry to dry outside.

Leaving the tap running while brushing your teeth.

200

A child is sitting still at the top of a slide. They have mostly:

A. Kinetic energy
B. Sound energy
C. Potential energy
D. Thermal energy

Potential energy

300

What is a non-renewable energy source? Give an example.

Something that can only be used once. Examples may vary.

300

What energy is electrons moving through a conductor?

Electrical

300

Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel:

a) Gas 

b) Petroleum 

c) Solar energy 

d) Coal

300

When riding a bike, your body changes energy from food into:

A. Light energy
B. Kinetic energy
C. Sound energy
D. Electrical energy

Kinetic Energy

400

What two types of energy do light bulbs produce?

Thermal and radiant energy.

400

What is the energy that is released through a reaction of chemicals?

Chemical

400

Digesting food is an example of which form of energy? 

a) Nuclear 

b) Light 

c) Radiant 

d) Chemical

Chemical

400

You can’t see me, but I’m always there,
I show up when things rub or move through air.
Energy turns into me quietly,
Warming things up so subtly.

What am I?

Heat(Thermal Energy)

500

Why should people choose LED lights over older lights?

Old lights create lots of heat and waste energy. LED lights are more efficient and generate less heat.

500

An atom splits...what energy is created??

Nuclear

500

Which is energy at work???

a) Physical 

b) Kinetic 

c) Static 

d) Potential

500

You can’t make me, you can’t destroy me, that’s the rule,
I just change my form...now isn’t that cool?

What am I?

The Law of Conservation of Energy

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