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Science: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Energy Types (Questions)

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Thermal and chemical are two examples of energy types. As a Science student, you will know there are different types of energy. Physicist Hermann von Helmholtz established that all forms of energy are equivalent - energy in one form can disappear but the same amount of energy will appear in another form.

1. Which type of energy is moving energy?
[ ] Chemical
[ ] Kinetic
[ ] Potential
[ ] Thermal
2. Which type of energy is stored energy due to gravity?
[ ] Chemical
[ ] Kinetic
[ ] Potential
[ ] Thermal
3. Which type of energy is stored energy in a stretched rubber band?
[ ] Chemical
[ ] Elastic
[ ] Kinetic
[ ] Thermal
4. Which type of energy is stored in a battery?
[ ] Chemical
[ ] Electrical
[ ] Kinetic
[ ] Light
5. Which type of energy is given out by a luminous object?
[ ] Kinetic
[ ] Light
[ ] Potential
[ ] Sound
6. The main types of energy released by a burning candle are .......
[ ] light and sound
[ ] light and thermal
[ ] thermal and chemical
[ ] thermal and sound
7. Useful energy that flows along a wire is .......
[ ] chemical
[ ] electrical
[ ] light
[ ] thermal
8. The unit of energy is .......
[ ] a coulomb
[ ] a degree
[ ] a joule
[ ] a newton
9. The main type of energy released by a coiled spring is .......
[ ] chemical
[ ] elastic
[ ] kinetic
[ ] potential
10. Which of the following is NOT a type of energy?
[ ] Heat
[ ] Potential
[ ] Temperature
[ ] Thermal
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Science: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Energy Types (Answers)
1. Which type of energy is moving energy?
[ ] Chemical
[x] Kinetic
[ ] Potential
[ ] Thermal
2. Which type of energy is stored energy due to gravity?
[ ] Chemical
[ ] Kinetic
[x] Potential
[ ] Thermal
3. Which type of energy is stored energy in a stretched rubber band?
[ ] Chemical
[x] Elastic
[ ] Kinetic
[ ] Thermal
4. Which type of energy is stored in a battery?
[x] Chemical
[ ] Electrical
[ ] Kinetic
[ ] Light
5. Which type of energy is given out by a luminous object?
[ ] Kinetic
[x] Light
[ ] Potential
[ ] Sound
6. The main types of energy released by a burning candle are .......
[ ] light and sound
[x] light and thermal
[ ] thermal and chemical
[ ] thermal and sound
Thermal and heat energy are the same
7. Useful energy that flows along a wire is .......
[ ] chemical
[x] electrical
[ ] light
[ ] thermal
8. The unit of energy is .......
[ ] a coulomb
[ ] a degree
[x] a joule
[ ] a newton
It was named after physicist J.P. Joule (1818-1889)
9. The main type of energy released by a coiled spring is .......
[ ] chemical
[ ] elastic
[x] kinetic
[ ] potential
10. Which of the following is NOT a type of energy?
[ ] Heat
[ ] Potential
[x] Temperature
[ ] Thermal