EGEE 101 (Energy and the Environment)EXAM 1
2025–2026 ACCURATE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED Correct answers
This document presents the latest real questions and verified correct answers for Exam 1 of
EGEE 101 (Energy and the Environment), designed for the 2025–2026 academic year. Topics
include energy forms, conversion, efficiency, fossil fuels, and environmental impacts. A reliable
study tool for students preparing for the first major exam in the course.
Which of the following is not a unit of energy?
A) BTU
B) Meters
C) Joules
D) Calories - <<answer>>>..B) Meters
Which of the following sources of energy is non-renewable?
A) Solar
B) Nuclear fission
C) Nuclear fusion
D) Wind - <<answer>>>..B) Nuclear Fission
Which of the following is a unit of power?
A) Watt
B) Kilograms
C) Newton
D) Grams - <<answer>>>..A) Watt
What is the capacity to do work known as?
A) Energy
,B) Entropy
C) Efficiency
D) Enthalpy - <<answer>>>..A) Energy
Which of the following is a unit of energy?
A) Joules
B) Watt
C) Foot
D) All of the above - <<answer>>>..A) Joules
What is the form of energy in a flying airplane?
A) Electrical
B) Radiant
C) Mechanical
D) Chemical - <<answer>>>..C) Mechanical
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 - <<answer>>>..c) E=mc^2
What is the energy stored in the bonds that hold molecules together
called?
A) Nuclear
B) Chemical
C) Thermal
D) Kinetic - <<answer>>>..B) Chemical
How many calories is 1 food calorie equivalent to?
A) 100
B) 1000
C) 1,000,000
D) 10,000 - <<answer>>>..B) 1,000
, Energy can be converted from one form to another.
A) True
B) False - <<answer>>>..A) True
Wavelength is used to classify what type of energy?
A) Mechanical
B) Chemical
C) Radiant
D) Nuclear - <<answer>>>..C) Radiant
In what direction does thermal energy flow?
A) independent of the temperature difference
B) in both directions
C) From low temperature to high temperature
D) From high temperature to low temperature - <<answer>>>..D) From
high temperature to low temperature
Energy possessed by a body due to its motion is called
A) Thermal
B) Kinetic
C) Chemical
D) Potential - <<answer>>>..B) Kinetic
What is the form of energy that is present in pizza that we eat?
A) Mechanical
B) Radiation
C) Electrical
D) Chemical - <<answer>>>..D) Chemical
Chemical energy is a special kind of kinetic energy.
A) True
2025–2026 ACCURATE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED Correct answers
This document presents the latest real questions and verified correct answers for Exam 1 of
EGEE 101 (Energy and the Environment), designed for the 2025–2026 academic year. Topics
include energy forms, conversion, efficiency, fossil fuels, and environmental impacts. A reliable
study tool for students preparing for the first major exam in the course.
Which of the following is not a unit of energy?
A) BTU
B) Meters
C) Joules
D) Calories - <<answer>>>..B) Meters
Which of the following sources of energy is non-renewable?
A) Solar
B) Nuclear fission
C) Nuclear fusion
D) Wind - <<answer>>>..B) Nuclear Fission
Which of the following is a unit of power?
A) Watt
B) Kilograms
C) Newton
D) Grams - <<answer>>>..A) Watt
What is the capacity to do work known as?
A) Energy
,B) Entropy
C) Efficiency
D) Enthalpy - <<answer>>>..A) Energy
Which of the following is a unit of energy?
A) Joules
B) Watt
C) Foot
D) All of the above - <<answer>>>..A) Joules
What is the form of energy in a flying airplane?
A) Electrical
B) Radiant
C) Mechanical
D) Chemical - <<answer>>>..C) Mechanical
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 - <<answer>>>..c) E=mc^2
What is the energy stored in the bonds that hold molecules together
called?
A) Nuclear
B) Chemical
C) Thermal
D) Kinetic - <<answer>>>..B) Chemical
How many calories is 1 food calorie equivalent to?
A) 100
B) 1000
C) 1,000,000
D) 10,000 - <<answer>>>..B) 1,000
, Energy can be converted from one form to another.
A) True
B) False - <<answer>>>..A) True
Wavelength is used to classify what type of energy?
A) Mechanical
B) Chemical
C) Radiant
D) Nuclear - <<answer>>>..C) Radiant
In what direction does thermal energy flow?
A) independent of the temperature difference
B) in both directions
C) From low temperature to high temperature
D) From high temperature to low temperature - <<answer>>>..D) From
high temperature to low temperature
Energy possessed by a body due to its motion is called
A) Thermal
B) Kinetic
C) Chemical
D) Potential - <<answer>>>..B) Kinetic
What is the form of energy that is present in pizza that we eat?
A) Mechanical
B) Radiation
C) Electrical
D) Chemical - <<answer>>>..D) Chemical
Chemical energy is a special kind of kinetic energy.
A) True
