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- 1. Multiple ChoicePotential Energy is:The energy of motionalways conservedStored energy due to position, place, or conditionStored energy
- 2. Multiple ChoiceIf someone wants to conserve natural resources, which of these will they doCarpoolRecycleRide their bike to schoolTurn off lights when they leave a room
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an advantage to solar energyit pollutesit is gathered 24 hours a dayit works well no matter where you are in the worldit is renewable
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If a man is pushing a wheelbarrow up a hill, describe what is occurring in terms of energy when the man is half way up the hill.Decreasing Potential, Increasing KineticIncreasing Potential, Decreasing KineticIncreasing potential and kinetic stays about the sameBoth potential and kinetic decreasing - 5. Multiple ChoiceA man stops his car on top of a hill, describe this scenario in terms of energy.High Potential Energy, no kinetic energyHigh Kinetic Energy, no potential energyIt is impossible to tellPE and KE are equal
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHow does heat transferFrom cold to hotFrom hot to coldback and forth between hot and cold
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can only be changed from one form to another?law of conservation of energylaw of conservation of matterlaw of gravitylaw of proportions
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhen is the potential energy the greatest in a roller coaster?at the top of the second (lower) hillat the top of the first (highest) hillat the bottom of the first, (highest) hillat the bottom of the second (lower) hill
- 9. Multiple ChoiceEnergy...is the ability to do work or cause a changeis all the movement in the universecannot be created or destroyedall of the above
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhen chemical reactions occur, what type of energy is often occurring at the same time?Stored MechanicalAtomicThermalRadiant
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich is an example of potential energy?A book on the top shelfA kite flying in the airA fox chasing a mouseA bowling ball rolling
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an advantage to using Geothermal energy?It pollutesIt is renewable and safeIt is not very efficientIt is available only in a few places
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of energy does this roller coaster car have?Mostly potentialMostly kineticNo energyPE and KE are equal
- 14. Multiple ChoiceLook at the diagram. Which point does the ball have the maximum potential energy?ABCD
- 15. Multiple ChoiceLook at the diagram. At which point does the ball have the maximum kinetic energy?BCDE
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement is false about hydro-power energy?It is renewableits very safe for the environment and sea lifea disadvantage is that you have to be near a water source to use it.It doesn't pollute
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat is it called when one form of energy is changed to another form?Energy changeEnergy conversionElectrical conversionForce change
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhen you walk past a space heater and you feel the warmth, what type of heat transfer is it?ConductionConvectionRadiation
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the energy of moving electrons?Nuclearthermalsoundelectrical
- 20. Multiple ChoiceA compost bin is whereplant matter can decay and used to make energywhere matter and its energy is destroyeda type of gardenplants die and pollute our environment
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe main source of energy for our planet is/arethe sun.the earth’s core.greenhouse gasses.cosmic background radiation.
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat energy transformation occurs in the flashlight above when it is on?heat--> magnetic--> lightchemical--> magnetic--> lightchemical--> electrical--> lightmechanical--> electrical--> light
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhen a pendulum swings, at which point is potential and kinetic energy equal1235
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhat energy is pulling an arrow backkinetic, mechanical energypotential, stored mechanical energykinetic, stored mechanical energypotential, mechanical energy
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe glow sticks produce light for a short amount of time. The light from the glow stick is a conversion from what to what?Light to thermalgravitational to potentialradiant to electricalchemical to light
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWind turbines and windmills convert what energy to another?Kinetic/Mechanical to Kinetic/electricGravitational potential to electricMechanical to potentialKinetic/Thermal to sound
- 27. Multiple ChoiceLook at the diagram. At which point does the ball have the minimum kinetic energy?ABCD
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhen you touch a hot door knob that is what type of energy transfer to your hand?ConductionConvectionInductionRadiation
- 29. Multiple ChoiceThe rising and falling of liquids and gasses best describes what heat transfer?ConductionConvectionRadiation
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of energy is released in many chemical reactions?LightThermalElectricalSound
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