Energy stores

Question 1

What is an energy store?

Answer 1

An energy store is a system or object that holds energy in a specific form.

Question 2

Name the three main types of energy stores.

Answer 2

Kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy, and elastic potential energy.

Question 3

True or False: Chemical energy is a type of energy store.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Fill in the blank: The energy stored in an object due to its motion is called ______ energy.

Answer 4

kinetic

Question 5

What type of energy is stored in a compressed spring?

Answer 5

Elastic potential energy.

Question 6

What is gravitational potential energy dependent on?

Answer 6

The height of an object above the ground and its mass.

Question 7

Multiple Choice: Which of the following is NOT an energy store? A) Thermal B) Solar C) Nuclear D) Speed

Answer 7

D) Speed

Question 8

Short Answer: Provide an example of a chemical energy store.

Answer 8

Batteries.

Question 9

What is the formula for gravitational potential energy?

Answer 9

GPE = mass × gravity × height (GPE = mgh).

Question 10

True or False: All energy stores can be converted into kinetic energy.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Fill in the blank: The energy stored in food is an example of ______ energy.

Answer 11

chemical

Question 12

What type of energy does a moving car possess?

Answer 12

Kinetic energy.

Question 13

Multiple Choice: Which energy store is associated with an object’s position in a gravitational field? A) Kinetic B) Gravitational Potential C) Thermal D) Elastic

Answer 13

B) Gravitational Potential

Question 14

Short Answer: What energy store is primarily involved in a hydroelectric power station?

Answer 14

Gravitational potential energy.

Question 15

True or False: Elastic potential energy can be found in rubber bands.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Fill in the blank: The energy stored in a battery is a form of ______ energy.

Answer 16

chemical

Question 17

What happens to energy stores when energy is transferred?

Answer 17

Energy is converted from one store to another.

Question 18

Multiple Choice: Which energy store is related to temperature? A) Kinetic B) Thermal C) Chemical D) Nuclear

Answer 18

B) Thermal

Question 19

Short Answer: Describe what happens to the gravitational potential energy of an object as it falls.

Answer 19

It decreases as it converts to kinetic energy.

Question 20

True or False: Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Fill in the blank: A stretched bow possesses ______ energy.

Answer 21

elastic potential

Question 22

What type of energy store does a battery represent?

Answer 22

Chemical energy.

Question 23

Multiple Choice: Which of the following is an example of kinetic energy? A) A book on a shelf B) A falling apple C) A stretched spring D) A parked car

Answer 23

B) A falling apple

Question 24

Short Answer: How is energy stored in a nuclear power plant?

Answer 24

As nuclear energy in the form of nuclear reactions.

Question 25

True or False: An object at rest has kinetic energy.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

Fill in the blank: The energy associated with the motion of particles in an object is called ______ energy.

Answer 26

thermal