Potential/Kinetic
Forms of Energy
Energy Basics
Real Life Energy
True/False
100

What type of energy is stored energy?

 (Potential Energy)

100

Name one form of energy.

 (Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Thermal, Light, Sound, Nuclear)

100

What is energy?

(The ability to move matter or change matter)

ability to do work 

100

When you ride a bike, what kind of energy do you use?

(Mechanical Energy)

100

Kinetic energy is energy that is moving.

(True)

200

What type of energy is energy in motion?

(Kinetic Energy)

200

What kind of energy does a battery store?

(Chemical Energy)

200

What is the SI unit for energy?

(Joule - J)

200

What energy do you use when you eat food for energy?

(Chemical Energy)

200

Thermal energy is the energy of still objects.

(False – it’s moving atoms!)

300

Is a ball at the top of a hill potential or kinetic energy?

 (Potential Energy)

300

What form of energy travels in waves and we hear it?

(Sound Energy)

300

Energy can also be defined as the ability to do what?

(Work)

300

A fan blowing air uses which form of energy?

 (Electrical Energy)

300

Chemical energy is found in food and batteries.

(True)

400

Is a person running kinetic or potential energy?

(Kinetic Energy)

400

The sun gives off which two types of energy?

(Light Energy and Thermal Energy)

400

What type of energy powers a flashlight?

(Electrical Energy)

400

What energy is used when you turn on a radio?

TELL ME THE TRANSFORMATION 

(Electrical Energy -> Sound Energy)

400

Nuclear energy a form of energy released from the nucleus, the core of atoms, made up of protons and neutrons

True 

500

Explain the difference between potential and kinetic energy.

 (Potential: stored; Kinetic: moving)

500

Which form of energy is stored in the nucleus of an atom?  

(Nuclear Energy)

500

NAME FIVE OF THE FORMS OF ENERGY 

Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Thermal, Light, Sound, Nuclear)

500

Name two forms of energy you see at a concert.  

(Sound, Light, Electrical, Thermal)

500

Sound energy travels through empty space.  

(False – it needs matter!)