Vocab
Vocab P. 2
Vocab P. 3
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice P. 2
100
What is the ability to cause changes in matter?
Energy
100
What is the transfer of thermal energy through fluids?
Convection
100
What is the connection between the poles of an electric energy source?
Circuit
100
Which object has the least amount of potential energy?
C
100
Light energy is a form of
A.) convection
B.) conduction
C.) insulation
D.) radiation
D.) radiation
200
What is the law that states that energy cannot be created or destroyed?
Law of conservation of energy
200
What is the transfer of thermal energy as waves?
Radiation
200
What is a magnet that can be turned on and off at will?
Electromagnet
200
When you turn on a lamp, electric energy changes
A.) to kinetic energy
B.) to light energy
C.) to chemical energy
D.) to potential energy
B.) to light energy
200
When fuel is burned, chemical potential energy is converted to
A.) electrical energy and light
B.) electricity
C.) magnetism and heat
D.) thermal energy and heat
D.) thermal energy and heat
300
What is the energy that is due to the position or condition of an object?
Potential energy
300
What is the transfer of thermal energy by touch?
Conduction
300
What is a form of potential energy stored in reactants?
Chemical energy
300
When do two objects have the same temperature?
A.) when the average potential energy of their particles is the same
B.) when the average speed of their particles is the same
C.) when the average kinetic energy of their particles is the same
D.) when the average mass of their particles is the same
C.) when the average kinetic energy of their particles is the same
300
Which of the following occurs when a fluid boils?
A.) convection
B.) conduction
C.) combustion
D.) radiation
A.) convection
400
What is energy of motion?
Kinetic energy
400
What is a substance in which all the domains are aligned in the same direction?
magnet
400
What is the energy contained in the bonds that hold the protons and neutron of an atom's nucleus together?
Nuclear energy
400
One object is hotter than another object when its particles have
A.) less kinetic energy
B.) more thermal energy
C.) less potential energy
D.) more chemical energy
B.) more thermal energy
400
The process in which very large atoms break apart is
A.) fission
B.) fusion
C.) chemical reaction
D.) combustion
A.) fission
500
What is the kinetic energy of the moving particles of a substance or object?
Thermal energy
500
What is an interaction of electric charges?
Electricity
500
What is the process of a nucleus breaking into two parts?
Fission
500
On the Celsius scale, water freezes
A.) at 0 degrees and boils at 212 degrees
B.) at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees
C.) at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees
D.) at 32 degrees and boils at 100 degrees
C.) at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees
500
Controlled chain reactions can be used to generate
A.) potential energy
B.) electricity
C.) kinetic energy
D.) chemical energy
B.) electricity
600
What is the movement or transfer of thermal energy?
Heat
600
What is movement of electric charge from one place to another?
Electric Energy
600
Which object has the greatest amount of potential energy? 
D
600
Iron that is not magnetized has
A.) domains all pointed one way
B.) domains all pointed randomly
C.) domains paired evenly
D.) north and south poles
B.) domains all pointed randomly
600
What type of energy is stored in food?
A.) thermal
B.) electric potential
C.) kinetic
D.) chemical potential
D.) chemical potential