Energy Final Review

All fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) were formed with energy from the ______.

• Moon

• Earth

• Earth's Energy Budget

• Sun

Which kind of energy is captured in solar panels and then changed into electricity?

• Radiant energy (from the sun)

• Sound energy

• Chemical energy

• Kinetic energy

How does a hydroelectric dam make energy?

• The sun turns the water into electricity.

• Water spins a turbine, which generates electricity.

• Water moves through a powerline.

• Water moves through a wind turbine.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Clouds form because WARM AIR RISES. What type of heat transfer is this?

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

• Potential energy

The hand is holding the chocolate bar. What type of heat transfer is occurring between the hand and the chocolate bar?

• radiation

• radiant energy

• conduction

• convection

How much of the sun's energy is absorbed by the Earth?

• 4%

• 16%

• 20%

• About 50-51%

Transfer of heat from one object to another object that it is touching

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• Earth's Energy Budget

True or False: The Earth is equally heated in all places.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of energy transformation happens with wind turbines?

• Thermal to sound to kinetic

• Radiant to thermal to mechanical to electrical

• Electrical to thermal

• Kinetic to potential

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

How does energy move from a coal-fired power plant to power lines?

• Electrical to Thermal to Chemical to Mechanical

• Chemical to Thermal to Mechanical to Electrical

• Thermal to Chemical to Electrical to Mechanical

• Mechanical to Electrical to Chemical to Thermal

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-3

NGSS.HS-PS3-4