Types of Energy Review

Dean has a lamp, a candle, and a flashlight. All of them create light energy from electrical or chemical energy. What other type of energy do they create?

• Sound Energy

• Nuclear Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Heat Energy

A space heater is a device that people frequently use to heat a room in their home. It transforms electrical energy into light and heat. A space heater shows that which of the following is true?

• Light always moves in the same direction.

• Light and heat travel in waves.

• Most things that give off light also give off heat.

• Light travels more slowly than heat.

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A toaster uses brightly glowing coils to toast bread. The coils give off energy in the form of orange light. What other form of energy does a toaster give off?

• Nuclear energy

• Solar energy

• Heat energy

• Magnetic energy

The light bulb in Connor’s room has just burned out. His father comes in to change the light bulb and notices that the bulb is still hot when he touches it. What types of energy are released by a light bulb?

• Heat energy and mechanical energy

• Heat energy and light energy

• Light energy and sound energy

• Mechanical energy and electrical energy

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Amanda is watching a fireworks display with her father. She loves watching the different colors of light as the fireworks explode in the air. Most things that give off light give off energy in what other form as well?

• Heat energy

• Magnetic energy

• Nuclear energy

• Wind energy

Tom’s mother has asked him to vacuum the carpet in his bedroom. Tom carries the vacuum cleaner upstairs and plugs it into the outlet. He vacuums the carpet and then puts the vacuum cleaner away. What form of energy supplied power to the vacuum to clean the carpet?

• Electrical energy

• Magnetic energy

• Chemical energy

• Sound energy

When Emily’s family went camping, her dad built a fire in the middle of the campsite. Which two forms of energy does the burning fire release?

• Magnetic energy and nuclear energy

• Electrical energy and mechanical energy

• Mechanical energy and chemical energy

• Light energy and heat energy

Solar panels are usually made of black materials instead of lighter colored materials. Why is black the best color to use to collect solar energy?

• Black materials scatter the most light from the Sun.

• Black materials reflect the most light from the Sun.

• Black materials refract the most light from the Sun.

• Black materials absorb the most light from the Sun.

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Teula and Marie went on a camping trip. They lit a gas lantern and hung it on a tree limb. What two forms of energy did the fire from the burning lantern release?

• Magnetic energy and nuclear energy

• Electrical energy and chemical energy

• Light energy and heat energy

• Electrical energy and mechanical energy

The air conditioning went out in Owen’s house. He switched on the ceiling fan to keep himself cool at night. What is one type of energy that turned the blades of the fan?

• Chemical energy

• Mechanical energy

• Nuclear energy

• Radiant energy