Forms of Energy

What form of energy is being used when a person pushes heavy boxes across the floor?

• Electrical energy

• Mechanical energy

• Thermal energy

• Sound energy

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A girl turned the light off and went to bed. She remembered she had accidentally left her glass of ice water on the counter. When she got up the next morning, the ice had melted. What form of energy caused the ice to melt?

• Sound energy

• Light energy

• Thermal energy

• Mechanical energy

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Which form of energy is produced when a guitar string vibrates?

• Sound energy

• Electrical energy

• Thermal energy

• Light energy

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The type of energy that allows us to hear is

• Mechanical
• Sound
• Light
• Electric

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What kind of energy is needed to make the scissors work?

• Thermal

• Electrical

• Mechanical

• Light

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Which of the following is NOT mechanical energy?

• Pedaling a bike

• Rowing a boat

• Using a light bulb

• Running up a hill

Which of the following is NOT a form of thermal energy?

• Sun
• Bicycle moving
• Fire
• Oven

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The Sun produces

• light and thermal energy

• sound and light energy

• thermal and sound energy

• electrical and light energy

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When a grasshopper rubs its lets together, a sound is made because

• its legs are hurt

• the movement causes vibrations

• the grasshopper is hungry and tired

• The grasshopper is warning other animals of danger

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Humans often use fans to stay cool.The rotation of the fan blades is an example of what type of energy?

• electrical
• sound
• thermal
• mechanical

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