Energy Review 2023

Nick was investigating gravitational potential energy. In this figure, a 500-gram (g) ball is located on top of a table. Which measurement will Nick need to take if he wants to calculate the potential energy of the ball?

• Volume of the ball

• Density of the ball

• Vertical distance from the floor to the ball

• Horizontal distance from the ball to the edge of the table

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Mandy and John learned about Kinetic and Potential forms of energy within a simple electrical circuit. The circuit they are studying has a battery, wires, and a light bulb. Which form of potential energy is in the circuit?

• chemical energy in the battery

• light energy from the light buib

• heat energy lost from the electric waves

• electrical energy moving through the light bulb

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Ray is comparing two types of light bulbs. After the bulbs were lit for an hour, he concluded that the florescent bulb has less of which type of energy?

• electrical

• nuclear

• chemical

• thermal

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Mary was cooking on a stove and observed the water boiling in the pot. She questioned which type of energy was being transferred to make the water boil and what type of transfer was taking place as the water boiled.

• Thermal and Convection

• Light and Convection

• Thermal and Conduction

• Light and Conduction

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Sid was observing the pendulum as it was swinging. He drew a diagram of his observations and labeled each of the 5 positions. Which of the following graphs would represent the type of energy shown at position 1?

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Gabe was hot, so he plugged in the fan and turned it on. Which description would best describe how the changed as the fan blades began to spin?

• Electrical energy changed to wind energy

• Electrical energy changed to thermal energy

• Electrical energy changed to mechanical energy

• Wind energy changed into electrical energy

Four cans were place on four different shelves. Can 1 was on the highest shelf and can 4 was on the lower shelf. Which can had the highest amount of GPE (potential energy)?

• Can #1

• Can #2

• Can #3

• Can #4

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Tommy was juggling the different colored balls. As he juggled which form of energy

was increasing as the balls traveled up into the air?

• Chemical energy

• Potential energy

• Thermal energy

• Kinetic energy

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The hydroelectric Power Plant at Pickwick, TN; uses the water in the TN River to generate electricity. This electricity then is used to power areas in West and Middle Tennessee. In order to generate the electricity, the dam is using potential energy. Where is the potential energy located that is used to generate electricity?

• Position #4. at the bottom of the front of the dam

• Position #3. the water at the side front of the dam

• Position #2, the water moving through the channel locks of the dam

• Position #1, the water behind the dam

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Amy and her lab partner Gabe were completing a lab investigation. Using one ramp and 4 balls of different masses, they were trying to decide which ball would have the greatest amount of KE at the bottom of ramp? Which ball would have the greatest KE energy once it reaches the bottom of the ramp?

• the ball with 6 grams

• the ball with 5 grams

• the ball with 3 grams

• the ball with 2 grams

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