EGEE 101 - Energy and the Environment
Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
What property of a small meteor falling from the sky causes a lot of damage when it hits the earth?
A) High Kinetic energy
B) High heat energy
C) High Potential energy
D) Explosive Chemical energy - Correct Answer✔️✔️-High Kinetic energy
The unit of electrical energy is
A) Joules
B) Electron-volt
C) Newton
D) Kilowatt-hour - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Kilowatt-hour
What is the type of energy contained in the water stored behind a dam?
A) Kinetic
B) Electrical
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,C) Potential
D) Chemical - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Potential
Which famous scientist proposed the equation E=mc^2
A) Joule
B) Newton
C) Galileo
D) Einstein - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Einstein
Energy that is locked in the nucleus of an atom and is released by destruction of mass can be
calculated as
A) E=mgh
B) E=1/2mv^2
C) E=mc^2
D) None of the above - Correct Answer✔️✔️-E=mc^2
What is the capacity to do work known as?
A) Enthalpy
B) Energy
C) Entropy
D) Efficiency - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Energy
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,Which of the following is not a unit of energy?
A) Meters
B) BTU
C) Calories
D) Joules - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Meters
Which of the following sources of energy is non-renewable?
A) Nuclear fission
B) Solar
C) Nuclear fusion
D) Wind - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Nuclear fission
Which of the following radiant energy can be seen by the human eye?
A) Infrared
B) Visible
C) Ultraviolet
D) All of the above - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Visible
What happens to its temperature when a gas is compressed?
A) remains the same
B) decreases
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, C) can either increase or decrease
D) increases - Correct Answer✔️✔️-increases
Which of the following is the only direct use of electrical energy without converting it to another
form?
A) Defibrilator
B) Laptop
C) Heater
D) Light bulb - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Defibrillator
How many calories is 1 food calorie equivalent to?
A) 10,000
B) 1,000,000
C) 100
D) 1000 - Correct Answer✔️✔️-1000
Work can be converted to heat or thermal energy.
A) True
B) False - Correct Answer✔️✔️-True
What is the type of energy that a body possesses by virtue of its physical position?
A) Kinetic
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Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
What property of a small meteor falling from the sky causes a lot of damage when it hits the earth?
A) High Kinetic energy
B) High heat energy
C) High Potential energy
D) Explosive Chemical energy - Correct Answer✔️✔️-High Kinetic energy
The unit of electrical energy is
A) Joules
B) Electron-volt
C) Newton
D) Kilowatt-hour - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Kilowatt-hour
What is the type of energy contained in the water stored behind a dam?
A) Kinetic
B) Electrical
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,C) Potential
D) Chemical - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Potential
Which famous scientist proposed the equation E=mc^2
A) Joule
B) Newton
C) Galileo
D) Einstein - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Einstein
Energy that is locked in the nucleus of an atom and is released by destruction of mass can be
calculated as
A) E=mgh
B) E=1/2mv^2
C) E=mc^2
D) None of the above - Correct Answer✔️✔️-E=mc^2
What is the capacity to do work known as?
A) Enthalpy
B) Energy
C) Entropy
D) Efficiency - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Energy
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,Which of the following is not a unit of energy?
A) Meters
B) BTU
C) Calories
D) Joules - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Meters
Which of the following sources of energy is non-renewable?
A) Nuclear fission
B) Solar
C) Nuclear fusion
D) Wind - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Nuclear fission
Which of the following radiant energy can be seen by the human eye?
A) Infrared
B) Visible
C) Ultraviolet
D) All of the above - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Visible
What happens to its temperature when a gas is compressed?
A) remains the same
B) decreases
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, C) can either increase or decrease
D) increases - Correct Answer✔️✔️-increases
Which of the following is the only direct use of electrical energy without converting it to another
form?
A) Defibrilator
B) Laptop
C) Heater
D) Light bulb - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Defibrillator
How many calories is 1 food calorie equivalent to?
A) 10,000
B) 1,000,000
C) 100
D) 1000 - Correct Answer✔️✔️-1000
Work can be converted to heat or thermal energy.
A) True
B) False - Correct Answer✔️✔️-True
What is the type of energy that a body possesses by virtue of its physical position?
A) Kinetic
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