Transferring Energy Review

Transferring Energy Review

Harvest Hills 4th Grade

After this review, I will be able to:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

Energy can transfer from one type to another.

We are going to practice learning the types of energy and recognize what they are being transferred into.

Multiple Choice

When you plug a toaster in to make toast, what energy are you starting with, and what is it transferring into?

• Sound to Electrical

• Electrical to Heat

• Mechanical to Light

• Light to Electrical

Multiple Choice

When you turn on the switch in your bedroom so you can see, what energy are you starting with and what is it transferring into?

• Heat to Sound

• Sound to Light

• Electrical to Light

• Light to Heat

Multiple Choice

Ahh! There is a fire and you need to wake everyone up, pull on an alarm! What energy would you be using and what would it be transferred into?

• Sound to Heat

• Mechanical to Sound

• Electrical to Light

• Light to Mechanical

Multiple Choice

The flashlight needs new batteries for our camping trip! What energy will we start with when we put them in, and what will it turn into?

• Sound to Mechanical

• Heat to Light

• Light to Mechanical

• Electrical to Light

Multiple Choice

People are hanging out in a pool and talking. Do you think the water is HOTTER or COOLER in the shade? Think about heat energy.

• Cooler, because there is no light energy from the Sun to heat it up.

• Hotter, because the people are in the shade and that makes it hot water.

• The water is the same temperature.

Multiple Choice

Charlie rides on his bike every morning to get to school! What energy is making the pedals move on Charlie's bike?

• Electrical energy from the bike

• Motion energy from Charlie pushing his feet

• Sound energy from the bell

• Light energy from the lights on the bike

Open Ended

How can you make a sound using a Pepsi bottle in the cafeteria to get the attention of your friend?

Open Ended

Why would a light switch not work when you try turning it on? List 2 or 3 reasons.