Energy Transfer

Front

Electricity transfers ______ from place to place.

Back

energy

Front

What form of energy is being converted to electrical energy with this bike? Options: light, motion, sound, heat

Back

motion

Front

What might spin a generator at a power plant to produce electricity?

Back

All of these: wind, water, steam from burning coal

Front

Batteries store energy as _________ energy.

Back

chemical

Front

Which of these is not a way to transfer energy from place to place? Options: sound, heat, vision, light

Back

vision

Front

Example of energy moving an object from place to place: water in a bowl, wind blowing a grain of sand, a batter ready to hit a baseball, a drummer ready to hit a drum.

Back

wind blowing a grain of sand

Front

What happens to some of the ball's energy when it hits the player's mitt?

Back

It changes to sound.

Front

Why did the sugar move when Addy pounded her fist on the table?

Back

Vibrations made by Addy's pounding transferred energy to the sugar

Front

Which of these uses electric currents to move energy from place to place? a toaster, a campfire, a baseball bat, the sun

Back

a toaster

Front

Zoe picks up a book she left by a sunny window and notices the book is warm to the touch. What can Zoe conclude from her observation?

Back

light can transfer energy to objects and heat them