Download Name Period ______ Date ______ Energy Pre/Post Test: Multiple

Name _________________________
Period _________
Date ________
Energy Pre/Post Test:
Multiple Choice:
1. When an object is moving, it has __________ energy.
a. Potential
b. kinetic
c. nuclear
2. ____________ is the ability to do work.
a. Atoms
b. energy
c. matter
3. Which one of the following is TRUE about the sail on a boat?
a. It is for decoration only
b. It uses wind energy to move the boat
c. It starts and runs the engine in the boat
4. When a car is in motion, it possess ______________ energy.
a. Kinetic
b. potential
c. electrical
5. We can hear our friends when they talk because sound waves travel to our ears.
These sound waves are caused by _______________.
a. Heat
b. light
c. vibrations
6. The energy from the food we eat is an example of _____________ energy.
a. Light
b. chemical
c. movement
7. Our Earth gets energy from the sun. This energy is often referred to as
____________ energy.
a. Light
b. nuclear
c. wind
8. Coal, petroleum, natural gas, and propane are fossil fuels. They are called fossil fuels
because:
a. They are burned to release energy and they cause air pollution
b. They were formed from the buried remains of plants and animals that lived
hundreds of millions of year ago
c. They are nonrenewable and will run out
9. Solar and wind energy are all renewable sources of energy. They are called
renewable because they
a. Are clean and free to use
b. Do not produce air pollution
c. Can be replenished by nature in a short period of time
10. Most of the energy we use originally came from
a. The sun
b. the air
c. the soil
11. Electricity is the movement of
a. Atoms
b. molecules
c. electrons
12. Paper comes from what natural resource?
a. Coal
b. trees
c. gas
Matching:
_____ 1. A resource that is easily replaced by nature
A. Sound energy
_____ 2. A resource not easily replaced by nature
B. Electrical energy
_____ 3. Energy created when the atom of a nucleus splits C. Wind energy
_____ 4. Energy that is stored that will undergo a chemical D. Fossil fuels
Change to create the energy (food we eat)
_____ 5. Energy created by moving molecules - more
Movement = more heat
E. Nonrenewable resource
_____ 6. Energy created by vibrating particles
F. Chemical energy
_____ 7. Energy created by the movement of air
G. Nuclear energy
_____ 8. Energy that is stored up…just waiting to be used
H. Biomass energy
_____ 9. Energy from movement
I. Potential energy
_____ 10. Energy that is created from moving electrons
J. Heat energy
_____ 11. Energy created from a machine’s moving parts
K. Kinetic energy
_____ 12. Energy from the sun
L. Geothermal energy
_____ 13. Fuels created from organisms that lived millions M. Renewable resource
Of years ago
_____ 14. A type of energy created from garbage, gas
And other organic material
N. Recycle
_____ 15. Energy from the heat of the Earth
O. Light (solar) energy
_____ 15. To use something over and over again
P. Mechanical energy
_____ 15. To use something in a different way, so you
Don’t have to throw it out
Q. Reuse