Energy Transformations Practice Test

What is produced during ALL energy transformations?

• Sound Energy
• Mechanical Energy
• Thermal Energy
• Chemical Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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Water high in the air falls due to gravity, the moving water spins turbines, and they create/store electricity...
Pick the BEST Energy Conversion below for a Hydroelectric Dam.

• Mechanical to Electrical
• Electrical to Mechanical to Thermal
• Potential to Kinetic to Electrical
• Kinetic to Mechanical to Electrical

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

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Making a Fruit Smoothie is YUMMY!
Plug a Blender into the wall outlet, and you're ready to go. 
Which choice below BEST shows the energy transformation of making a smoothie?

• Electrical to Kinetic
• Electrical to Chemical
• Mechanical to Sound
• Kinetic to Thermal

What is an example of Radiant energy?

• Electromagnetic waves

• rolling rocks

• Vibrations

• Gravitational potential

Kinetic energy is energy due to...

• interactions between objects or particles
• motion
• elasticity
• mass

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Potential energy is energy due to..

• mass
• motion
• interactions between objects or particles
• work

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Potential energy is energy that is...

• stored
• already used
• being used currently
• never going to be used

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

What is energy?

• the ability to cause change
• the ability to resist change
• the ability to lack change
• the ability to 

Which is an example of sound energy?

• light energy
• plucking a guitar string
• turning the lights on
• splitting nuclei

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is an example of Nuclear energy?

• light energy
• splitting nuclei
• burning logs
• plucking a guitar string

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

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