Energy Quiz For Grade 5

  • Question of

    What type of energy allows us to hear?

    • Light energy
    • Mechanical energy
    • Electrical energy
    • Sound energy
  • Question of

    Which form of energy do you use when a person pushes a box across the floor?

    • Sound
    • Mechanical
    • Light
    • Thermal
  • Question of

    What type of energy is used when a substance moves from one place to another?

    • Sound
    • Light
    • Mechanical
    • Electrical
  • Question of

    How is light energy different than sound energy?

    • Light energy moves slower
    • Light energy is what you see, and sound energy is what you hear
    • Light energy uses vibrations and sound energy does not
    • Light energy is in a cell phone and sound energy is not
  • Question of

    Wind Turbines change wind into what energy?

    • Electrical energy
    • Light energy
    • Thermal energy
    • Sound energy
  • Question of

    Water flowing downhill is demonstrating what form of energy?

    • Sound
    • Thermal
    • Mechanical
    • Light
  • Question of

    What are the two types of energy the sun produces?

    • Light and Sun energy
    • Thermal and Sound energy
    • Light, Thermal, and Sun energy
    • None of the above
  • Question of

    A student uses a mirror and a flashlight. What type of energy is the student exploring?

    • Yes
    • No
    • Electrical energy
    • Mechanical energy
  • Question of

    What energy does this object use when it cuts?

    • Sound
    • Thermal
    • Light
    • Mechanical
  • Question of

    What energy does this item produce?

    • Sound
    • Light
    • Electrical
    • Mechanical
  • Question of

    What energy does Solar System item use to produce electricity?

    • Electrical
    • Mechanical
    • Light
    • Sound
  • Question of

    What is the transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of liquids and gases?

    • Conduction
    • Convection
    • Radiation
    • Energy
  • Question of

    What is the transfer of heat from one substance to another through direct contact?

    • Conduction
    • Convection
    • Radiation
    • Energy
  • Question of

    What is the transfer of heat through matter or space as waves?

    • Conduction
    • Convection
    • Radiation
    • Energy
  • Question of

    Stored energy that an object has due to its position or chemical composition is…

    • Potential
    • Kinetic
    • Mechanical
  • Question of

    Energy of motion is which type of energy?

    • Potential
    • Kinetic
    • Sound
  • Question of

    All forms of energy can be described as which two types of energy?

    • Mechanical and kinetic
    • Sound and thermal
    • Kinetic and Potential
  • Question of

    The type of energy that is the amount of energy from the movement in particles is…

    • Thermal
    • Mechanical
    • Sound
  • Question of

    The type of energy that moves objects is…

    • Thermal Energy
    • Sound Energy
    • Mechanical Energy
  • Question of

    Energy causes ___________ to occur.

    • Change
    • Motion
    • Age
  • Question of

    What are the 3 ways heat energy is transferred?

    • Conduction, radiation, thermal
    • Conduction, radiation, convection
    • Conduction, convection, nuclear
  • Question of

    Which one is the process that transfers energy by the movement of large numbers of particles in the same direction within a solid, liquid, or gas?

    • Conduction
    • Convection
    • Convection
  • Question of

    A campfire is an example of which two forms of energy?

    • Light and sound
    • Heat and light
    • Sound and Motion
    • Motion and Electricity
  • Question of

    What kind of energy is in an acorn hanging from an oak tree?

    • Potential
    • Kinetic
  • Question of

    What kind of energy is in a waving hand?

    • Potential
    • Kinetic
  • Question of

    What kind of energy is in basketball passing through the hoop?

    • Potential
    • Kinetic
  • Question of

    True or False: A roller coaster eventually slows down because some of its energy dissappears.

    • True
    • False
  • Question of

    Which type of energy does the battery produce?

    • Heat
    • Light
    • Mechanical
    • Electrical
  • Question of

    The basket and post can both spin. What type of energy do the basket and post need in order to spin?

    • Heat
    • Light
    • Mechanical
    • Electrical
  • Question of

    The ability to cause a change in matter.

    • Yes
    • No
    • Conservation

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