Energy Conservation Study Guide

Getting a sunburn is an example of...

• condensation
• conduction
• convection
• radiation

A change from one form of energy to another is called ___________.

• work
• power
• mechanical
• energy transformations

What states that energy can never be created or destroyed?

• law of conservation of momentum
• law of conservation of energy
• law of conservation of matter
• law of conservation of water

Which energy transformation below matches?
Water moving over a dam to move a generator?

• kinetic to chemical
• mechaincal to electrical
• solar to electrical
• electric to mechanical

Which energy transformation below matches?
Green plants?

• chemical to mechanical
• chemical to heat
• solar to chemical
• electric to thermal

Which energy transformation below matches?
Animals eating food?

• electrical to potential
• chemical to mechanical
• potential to chemical
• thermal to mechanical

Which energy transformation below matches?
Burning coal or carbon-based fuel at a powerplant?

• chemical to heat to electrical
• mechanical to chemical to sound
• electrical to chemical to heat
• mechanical to heat to solar

Which energy transformation below matches?
An electrical light?

• chemical to heat, sound, light, mechanical
• solar to heat, sound, light, mechanical
• electrical to heat, light, mechanical
• mechanical to light and heat

Which energy transformation below matches?
A book falling?

• chemical to sound and heat
• mechanical to sound
• electrical to sound and heat
• thermal to sound

What do we call the various kinds of energy?

• Energy
• Kinetic energy
• Energy Forms
• Energy Resources