SIXTH GRADE SCIENCE ENERGY AND RESOURCE REVIEW

The type of energy stored by fossil fuels such as coal is:
1. electrical energy
2. nuclear energy
3. mechanical energy
4. potential chemcial energy
What type of conversion is taking place when natural gas is burned to boil water?
1. mechanical energy into chemical energy
2. thermal energy into kinetic energy
3. chemical energy into thermal energy
4. electromagnetic energy into thermal energy
An experiment is designed to test:
1. data
2. a problem
3. a conclusion
4. a hypothesis
Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel?
1. coal
2. oil
3. solar
4. natural gas
The most plentiful fossil fuel found in the United States is:
1. oil
2. wood
3. natural gas
4. coal
Energy associated with motion is called:
1. kinetic energy
2. potential energy
3. chemical energy
4. electromagnetic energy
Anything that has mass and takes up space is:
1. a mixture
2. matter
3. chemicals
4. energy
What type of nuclear reaction occurs in the picture below?
1. nuclear fission
2. nuclear fusion
The measurement of how much matter an object contains is its:
1. volume
2. density
3. weight
4. mass
The picture below best represents what type of energy?
1. chemical potential energy
2. gravitational potential energy
3. mechanical potential energy
4. elastic potential energy
The factor the experimenter changes in an experiment is called the:
1. control variable
2. responding variable
3. manipulated variable
4. experimental variable
Which of the following fossil fuels produces the LEAST amount of pollution?
1. coal
2. natural gas
3. oil
4. wind
Plants convert energy from sunlight into chemical energy through the process of:
1. photosynthesis
2. respiration
What type of energy does the picture below represent?
1. potential mechanical energy
2. kinetic chemical energy
3. potential chemical energy
4. kinetic mechanical energy
Which of the following types of energy is NOT represented in the picture below?
1. mechanical energy
2. electrical energy
3. thermal energy
4. electromagnetic energy
What type of energy is represented below?
1. kinetic energy
2. potential energy
The diagram below is represents which type of energy conversion?
1. thermal energy to mechanical energy
2. electromagnetic energy to mechanical energy
3. mechanical energy to electrical energy
4. chemical energy to thermal energy
The picture below best represents which type of energy?
1. potential energy
2. electromagnetic energy
3. mechanical energy
4. geothermal energy
Which of the following is NOT a biomass fuel?
1. wood
2. garbage
3. natural gas
4. manure
Which type of energy causes snow to melt?
1. mechanical energy
2. chemical energy
3. thermal energy
4. electromagnetic energy
Fossil fuels are rich in energy because they contain:
1. uranium
2. heat
3. hydrocarbons
4. electricity
We use the instrument below to measure _______.
1. weight
2. mass
3. volume
4. height
All fossil fuels originally obtained their energy from:
1. the earth
2. radiation
3. the sun
4. water
Below is a circle graph of the sources of energy consumption in the United States. From which source do we get most of our energy?
1. nuclear power
2. petroleum
3. coal
4. other
The water in this picture represents what type of energy conversion?
1. kinetic energy converted to potential energy
2. potential energy converted to kinetic energy
Which of the following is NOT an alternative energy source?
1. wind
2. solar
3. geothermal
4. natural gas
How many lab safety rules are broken in the picture below?
1. Only one safety rule is broken.
2. At least two safety rules are broken.
3. Three to five safety rules are broken.
4. Six or more safety rules are broken.
Below is a picture of a steam engine locomotive. What type of energy conversion takes place to make it move?
1. electrical energy is converted to mechanical energy
2. thermal energy is converted to nuclear energy
3. chemical energy is converted to potential energy
4. thermal energy is converted to mechanical energy
If fossil fuels continue to be used what will eventually happen?
1. The price of fossil fuels will go down.
2. The reserves of fossil fuels will be refilled in a few hundred years.
3. The reserves of fossil fuels will be used up.
4. Fossil fuels will take the place of alternative forms of energy.
I promise I will study a maxium of ______ the night before the test.
1. 2 hours
2. 1 hour
3. 30 minutes
4. 0 minutes

SIXTH GRADE SCIENCE ENERGY AND RESOURCE REVIEW

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