Energy Quiz 1

What is energy?
1. The ability to move or change
2. A push
3. A pull
4. gravity
A _______________ is a push or a pull.
1. energy
2. movement
3. force
4. stored energy
What do you call the energy of movement?
1. gravity
2. potential kinetic
3. mechanical energy
4. moving energy
What kind of energy does something have if it CAN move, but isn't moving right now?
1. potential energy
2. kinetic energy
3. gravity
4. Moving energy
What do you call the energy of something that's actually in motion?
1. mechanical energy
2. mechanical potential energy
3. Mechanical kinetic energy
4. Moving energy
What's the science word for heat energy?
1. thermometer
2. thermal energy
3. heat energy
4. Moving energy
What causes sound?
1. vibration
2. thermal energy
3. movement
4. energy
What do you call it when energy bounces back off of something?
1. reflection
2. refraction
3. reverberation
What rule tells about how heat moves in liquids or gases?
1. Heat doesn't move.
2. Heat moves in all directions.
3. Heat rises. Cold sinks.
Mickey Mouse's voice is very high. What's the word for how high or low a sound is?
1. volume
2. vibration
3. pitch
Which statement about sound is true?
1. Sound can travel through gases, liquids, and solids.
2. Sound can travel through the air but not water.
3. Sound can travel only through liquid and gas.
What's the word for things that let energy pass through them easily?
1. facilitators
2. insulators
3. conductors
What's the word for something that does NOT let energy pass through easily?
1. conductor
2. styrafoam
3. switch
4. insulators
What do you call it when energy gets soaked up into something?
1. reflection
2. refraction
3. absorption
4. transmission
What do we call it when heat or light energy travels through open space?
1. radiation
2. convection
3. conduction
What do you call it when a heated liquid or gas moves around?
1. conduction
2. admission
3. radiation
4. convection
What do you call it when thermal energy travels through a solid?
1. radiation
2. conduction
3. convection
Which kind of animal has Mr. Walsh been bitten by?
1. kinkajou
2. woodpecker
3. vulture
4. lion