SCIENCE QUIZ
Direction: Choose the correct answer
1. Heat is another name for______.
a. thermal energy*
b. magnetic energy
c. electrical energy
d. mechanical energy
2. What type of energy does an oven produce?
a. light
b. heat
c. light and heat*
d. none of the above
3. All of the following are examples of things that produce light energy
EXCEPT-
a. Candle
b. Compass*
c. Desk Lamp
d. Flashlight
4. Which of the following does NOT produce light energy?
a. car
b. phone
c. picture frame*
d. computer
5. How is light energy different from sound energy?
a. Light energy moves slower.
b. Light energy is what you see and sound energy is what you hear.*
c. Light energy uses vibrations, and sound energy does not.
d. Light energy is in a cell phone, but sound energy is not.
6. All of the following objects produce sound energy EXCEPT-
a. A radio
b. A flashlight*
c. A drum
d. A television
7. Sound is caused by______________.
a. force
b. vibrations*
c. instruments
d. air
8. What machine changes electrical energy into light and sound energy?
a. battery
b. lightbulb
c. alarm clock*
d. apple
9. What object can change electrical energy into light energy?
a. A candle
b. A fire
c. A lamp*
d. A radio
10. What form of energy is stored in matches or food?
a. sound
b. thermal energy or heat
c. chemical*
d. nuclear
11. Energy is the ability to do ___________.
nothing
work*
energy
change
12.
Electrical Energy is transferred to _____ Energy.
a. Thermal*
b. Solar
c. Electrical
d. None
13. What do we call a change from one form of energy to another?
a. Energy change
b. Energy transformation*
c. Energy conversion
d. Energy creation
14. Which of the following is an example of a use of sound energy?
a. Cooking dinner in the oven
b. Using a lamp to read a book
c. Listening to someone talking*
d. Putting water in the freezer
15. A candle makes heat and -
a. ice
b. electricity
c. sound
d. light*
16. Lightning is an example of
a. electrical energy*
b. nuclear energy
c. potential energy
d. kinetic energy
17. What energy do you get from eating an apple?
a. nuclear energy
b. electromagnetic energy
c. sound energy
d. chemical energy*
18. A form of energy you use when cheering for your favorite team.
a. sound energy*
b. electrical energy
c. thermal energy
d. electromagnetic energy
19. A pot of hot water has this type of energy.
a. potential energy
b. thermal energy*
c. sound energy
d. electrical energy
20. When an object is moving, what causes some of its kinetic energy to be
transformed to thermal energy?
a. Friction*
b. radiation
c. events
d. explosions
21. What kind of energy transfer occurs in a toaster?
a. electrical energy > thermal energy*
b. thermal energy > electrical energy
c. mechanical energy > thermal energy
d. kinetic energy > potential energy
22. Energy due to motion is ____________ energy.
a. Potential
b. Energy
c. Kinetic*
d. Friction
23. This force attracts all objects toward each other.
a. Newton
b. Gravity*
c. weight
d. path
24. It is a push or pull in any direction.
a. shove
b. force*
c. motion
d. distance
25. Which of the following will not change in different gravitational fields?
a. weight
b. force
c. mass*
d. pounds
26. Energy can cause an object to ______________ the position of its motion.
a. energy
b. change*
c. speed
d. stored
27. ____________ is the ability to cause change.
a. Energy *
b. Force
c. Friction
d. Motion
28. _______ happens when there`s no motion.
a. Kinetic
b. Static*
c. Force
d. Energy
29. _______ slows down the motion of the wheels in the solid surface.
a. Sliding friction
b. Rolling friction*
c. Air friction
d. Fluid friction
30. It is a type of electromagnetic waves radiation best- known for their use in
communication, technologies, such us television, mobile phones and radio.
a. Microwave
b. Infrared
c. Radio wave*
d. Ultraviolet waves.
