Energy Quiz For Grade 8
- Question of
What characteristic do all renewable resources share?
- Produced by waste products
- Form underground from dead organisms.
- Replaced in a short period of time
- Allow energy to pass through them easily
- Question of
Which of the following is a fossil fuel?
- Wind
- Coal
- Solar
- Biomass
- Question of
Petroleum and natural gas form from…
- Strong winds
- Cooled magma
- Radioactive materials
- Remains of plants and animals
- Question of
Hydroelectric power produces electricity using…..
- Wind
- Sunlight
- Moving water
- Dung
- Question of
Energy from the sun is known as………
- Hydroelectric energy
- Geothermal energy
- Solar energy
- Wind energy
- Question of
Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?
- Milk
- Coal
- Biomass
- Water
- Question of
Water is renewable because it…….
- Can be frozen
- Important to all life
- Can be replaced constantly
- Can evaporate
- Question of
Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they…….
- Require expensive equipment
- Take millions of years to replace
- Can be found all over
- Provide all the energy we use
- Question of
What type of fossil fuel is mined from the ground?
- Wind
- Coal
- Biomass
- Air
- Question of
Which of the following energy sources is the most sustainable?
- Coal
- Solar
- Oil
- Natural Gas
- Question of
Not having enough of a resource to meet the demand
- Scarcity
- Supply
- Demand
- Economics
- Question of
On a roller coaster, where is maximum potential energy?
- At the bottom of a big hill
- When going around a corner
- When going upside down
- At the top of a big hill
- Question of
On a roller coaster, where is maximum kinetic energy?
- At the bottom of a big hill
- When going around a corner
- When going upside down
- At the top of a big hill
- Question of
Energy that is stored in bonds between atoms is:
- Mechanical energy
- Chemical energy
- Kinetic energy
- Nuclear energy
- Question of
What is energy?
- Yes
- Moving energy
- No
- Stored energy
- Renewable energy
- The ability to do work.
- Question of
Gravitational potential energy depends on the ________ and ________ of the object.
- Height and mass
- Friction and movement
- Mass and Movement
- Height and Friction
- Question of
When an egg is boiled in a pot of water on the stove, there is more than one kind of heat transfer. Heat is transferred from the stove to the pot directly since they are physically touching. Heat is also transferred from the pot to the egg, carried through the water. What two kinds of heat transfer are represented?
- Stove → Pot = radiation, Pot → Egg = conduction
- Stove → Pot = conduction, Pot → Egg = radiation
- Stove → Pot = convection, Pot → Egg = conduction
- Stove → Pot = conduction, Pot → Egg = convection
- Question of
Potential Energy is the energy of _
- Position
- Motion
- Potential
- Question of
A light bulb transfers ______ energy into light and heat energy
- Mechanical
- Light
- Chemical
- Electricial
- Question of
As frequency increases wavelengths ________
- Increase
- Decrease
- Remain the same
- Question of
What causes Refraction
- Reflection of light
- Light traveling through different speeds through materials
- Sound traveling through different speeds through materials
- I dont care
- Question of
Magnetism is a force created by _________
- Electricity
- Metals
- Protons
- Electrons
- Question of
Which of the following is an example of heat transfer?
- Evaporation
- Convection
- Fission
- Rarefaction
- Question of
____ energy is transferred through conductors
- Electric
- Light
- Heat
- Sound
- Question of
A ________ is what sound travels through
- Conductor
- Medium
- Refraction
- Insulator
- Question of
_____ is made by a vibration of matter
- Heat
- Sound
- Light
- Mechanical
- Question of
Heat from a fireplace warming up a room is an example of _________
- Radiation
- Conduction
- Convection
- Condensation
- Question of
______ rays are the most energetic form of light
- Ultraviolet
- Gamma
- Infared
- X-rays
- Question of
light travels in _____
- Rays
- Waves
- Currents
- Circles
- Circles
- Question of
lightning is a(n) example of
- Sound
- Light
- Nuclear
- Electricity