Energy Transfer

Which is an 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

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A player catches a moving ball. What happens to some of the ball's energy when it hits the player's mitt?

• It changes to light.

• It changes to electricity.

• It changes to sound.

• It is destroyed.

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Addy spilled some sugar on the kitchen table. She pounded her fist on the table, and the grains of sugar moved. Why did the sugar move?

• Light above the table transferred energy to the sugar

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

• Air above the table transferred energy to the sugar

• Heat from Addy's fist transferred energy to the sugar

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Which of the following can move energy from place to place?

• sound

• a moving baseball

• electric currents

• all of the above

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A circuit has a switch, a battery, and a bulb. When the switch is closed, the light turns on. What type of energy moves through the wires of this closed circuit?

• sound

• chemical

• electrical

• physical

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Which of these uses electric currents to move energy from place to place?

• a toaster

• a campfire

• a baseball bat

• the sun

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How does energy change when a player kicks a soccer ball to score a goal?

• The foot gains most of the energy of motion

• The ball gains most of the energy of motion

• The ball loses energy

• Neither the ball nor the foot gains energy

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Ty rolled a small ball on the floor. When the ball hit the wall, it bounced off. How was the ball's energy transformed?

• some of it was changed to light energy

• some of it was changed to sound energy

• all of it was changed to thermal energy

• all of it was changed to stored energy

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

• heated air produces light

• light travels faster than sound waves

• light can transfer energy to objects and heat them

• heat travels faster than light

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Sydney went to her friend's house and pushed the button for the doorbell. What produced the sound she heard?

• The energy of her push sent an electric current into the air

• The energy from her push transformed directly into sound waves

• The force of her push OPENED a circuit and caused a hammer to hit a bell

• The force of her push CLOSED a circuit and caused a hammer to hit a bell.

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