Chapter 24 Resource: Energy and Energy Resources

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Reinforcement
Directions: Answer the following questions on the lines provided.
1. What is energy?
2. How can you tell when something has energy?
What is energy?
Directions: Fill in the following table with what kind of energy each of the examples contains.
Example Type of energy
3. a flying bird
4. a burning candle
5. a battery
6. a hamburger
7. a book on a shelf
8. a green plant
9. a beam of sunlight
10. a piece of radioactive metal
11. a cup of hot cocoa
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the terms that best complete the statements.
12. ____________________ energy is the energy of motion.
13. A balloon floating in the air has more ____________________ energy than a boulder at the
top of a cliff.
14. When you pick up a book, you are ____________________ energy from your hands to the book.
15. The faster an object moves, the ____________________ its kinetic energy.
16. A scooter moving at 10 km/h has ____________________ kinetic energy than a motorcycle
moving at the same speed.
17. ____________________ is energy stored due to an object’s position.
18. A bowling ball sitting on a shelf has ____________________ potential energy than a
basketball on the same shelf.
19. A sock lying on a dresser has ____________________ potential energy than a skateboard on
the floor.
Energy and Energy Resources 25
Meeting Individual Needs