AQA GCSE PHYSICS ENERGY COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
●● Kinetic
Answer: What is the energy associated with movement?
●● Sound
Answer: What type of energy is received by your ears?
●● Light
Answer: What sort of energy is given off by fluorescent objects?
●● Elastic potential energy
Answer: What type of energy is stored in stretched objects
●● Nuclear energy
Answer: What type of energy is found in the nuclei of atoms?
●● Gravitational Potential Energy
Answer: What type of energy is found in objects raised off the ground?
, ●● Thermal energy
Answer: What type of energy is given off by hot objects?
●● Electric energy
Answer: What type of energy is carried by electrons in a circuit?
●● Chemical energy
Answer: What type of energy is found in bonds between substances?
●● Kinetic energy (J) = 0.5 x mass (kg) x (speed (m/s)^2)
Answer: What is the equation to work out the kinetic energy of a moving
object?
●● Elastic potential energy (J) = 0.5 x spring constant (N/m) x
extension(m)^2
Answer: What is the equation to work out the elastic potential stored in a
spring?
●● G.P.E (J) = mass (kg) x gravitational field strength (N/kg) x height
(m)
Answer: What is the equation to work out gravitational potential energy
of an object raised off the ground?
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
●● Kinetic
Answer: What is the energy associated with movement?
●● Sound
Answer: What type of energy is received by your ears?
●● Light
Answer: What sort of energy is given off by fluorescent objects?
●● Elastic potential energy
Answer: What type of energy is stored in stretched objects
●● Nuclear energy
Answer: What type of energy is found in the nuclei of atoms?
●● Gravitational Potential Energy
Answer: What type of energy is found in objects raised off the ground?
, ●● Thermal energy
Answer: What type of energy is given off by hot objects?
●● Electric energy
Answer: What type of energy is carried by electrons in a circuit?
●● Chemical energy
Answer: What type of energy is found in bonds between substances?
●● Kinetic energy (J) = 0.5 x mass (kg) x (speed (m/s)^2)
Answer: What is the equation to work out the kinetic energy of a moving
object?
●● Elastic potential energy (J) = 0.5 x spring constant (N/m) x
extension(m)^2
Answer: What is the equation to work out the elastic potential stored in a
spring?
●● G.P.E (J) = mass (kg) x gravitational field strength (N/kg) x height
(m)
Answer: What is the equation to work out gravitational potential energy
of an object raised off the ground?