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- 1. Multiple Choice
When a firecracker explodes, stored chemical energy transforms into sound and light energy. What other type of energy is also released during this process?
Thermal
Nuclear
Electrical
Elastic Potential
- 2. Multiple Choice
Energy is
The ability to cause a change of shape
The ability to move something
The ability to perform work
The amount of power
- 3. Multiple Choice
A student is investigating the motion of a pendulum. The student holds the Bob in Point A and then releases it. Which statement is correct about the energy of the Bob?
The KE of the Bob is greatest at Point A.
KE changes to PE as the Bob moves from D to E.
The PE of the Bob is greatest at Point C.
PE changes to KE as the Bob moves from C to D.
- 4. Multiple Choice
A ball is released from rest at position 1. The diagram shows the ball in four positions as it rolls along the track from left to right. In which position does the ball have equal amounts of gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy?
1
2
3
4
- 5. Multiple Choice
A student rolls these four items on the same surface at the same speed. Which item will have the greatest kinetic energy?
Marble
Table tennis ball
Beach ball
Basketball
- 6. Multiple Choice
Electricity is produced in a hydroelectric plant when moving water turns a turbine. Which best describes this energy transformation?
Chemical into electrical
Kinetic into electrical
Kinetic into heat
Heat into kinetic
- 7. Multiple Choice
A 100 g rubber band powered car is wound so that 0.1 J of elastic potential energy is temporarily stored in the rubber band. When the car is released, the maximum kinetic energy the car attains:
Will be at least 0.1J
Will be exactly 0.1J
Will be greater than 0.1J
Will be equal to the gravitational energy of the car.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which is the best definition for kinetic energy?
The energy of chemical bonds
The energy of objects with heat
The energy of movement
The energy due. to an object's position
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes the energy transformations needed to light a light bulb by using a petrol generator?
Chemical potential energy to mechanical energy to electrical energy to light energy
Chemical potential energy to electrical energy to mechanical energy to light energy
Chemical potential energy to light energy to electrical energy
Light energy to electrical energy to chemical potential energy
- 10. Multiple Choice
Two identical cars are travelling along a road. One is travelling three times as fast as the other. How many time more kinetic energy does the faster car have than the slower car?
3 times
6 times
9 times
4.5 times
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following lists contains only types of potential energy
Chemical, nuclear, elastic and heat
Chemical, nuclear, elastic and gravitational
Kinetic, electrical, chemical and nuclear
Elastic, sound, light and chemical
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is breaking the law of conservation of energy?
Energy can change form
Energy can be useful
Energy can be wasted during a transformation
Energy can be destroyed
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of the following would you use to calculate how efficiently a light bulb converted electricity into light?
Waste Heat Energy Output ÷ Electrical Energy Input x 100/1
Electrical Energy Input ÷ Light Output x 100/1
Light Output ÷ by Waste Heat Energy Output x 100/1
Light Output ÷ by Electrical Energy Input x 100/1
- 14. Multiple Choice
At which point will the roller coaster have the greatest amount of potential energy?
D
C
B
A
- 15. Multiple Choice
In a battery powered flashlight, what energy transformation occurs first?
Chemical to light
Electrical to light
Electrical to chemical
Chemical to electrical
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which statement correctly compares the difference between conduction and convection of heat in a classroom?
Conduction can only occur in solids, while convection
can occur in both liquids and gases.
Convection can only occur in liquids and gases, while
conduction can occur in solids, liquids, and gases.
Conduction can only occur in liquids and gases, while
convection can occur in solids, liquids, and gases.
Convection can only occur in solids, while conduction
can occur in both liquids and gases.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Work is
The amount of energy used in creating a force
The amount of energy used in creating power
The amount of energy used in moving an object
Hard to do in a year 10 classroom
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which form of electromagnetic radiation carries a greater amount of energy
Green light
Yellow light
Red light
Violet light
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the following devices converts electrical energy into mechanical energy?
A bluetooth speaker
A ceiling fan
A manual pencil sharpener
A kettle
- 20. Multiple Choice
Gravitational potential energy depends on what two factors of an object?
Mass and velocity
Height and friction
Height and mass
Friction and mass
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which type of energy does not need a medium to travel through?
Electromagnetic
Heat
Sound
Nuclear
- 22. Multiple Choice
At a higher temperature, the particles in an object.....
Cause gases to contract
Begin to move faster
Begin to move slower
Have less kinetic energy
- 23. Multiple Choice
What is the S.I unit of measurement for energy?
Newtons
m/s
Joules
Kilojoule
- 24. Multiple Choice
When the bonds between atoms are broken
Energy is released to the surroundings as heat
Energy is absorbed from the surroundings as heat
The amount of energy in the atoms does not change
Electrons then force the atom itself to split.
- 25. Multiple Choice
Rearrange the equation for kinetic energy to get mass as the subject.
m = KE/2v2
m = 2KE/v2
m = v2/2KE
m = 2v2/KE
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