Energy Transfer Quiz 1

"The ability to make things happen" is the definition of what word?

• Energy

• Strength

• Influence

• Control

The bike Dr. Jeff's mom is riding uses a generator to convert ________ energy to ________ energy, which is then used to charge BERT.

• mechanical, electrical

• chemical, thermal

• solar, mechanical

• nuclear, electrical

True or false: a generator PRODUCES energy.

• True

• False

List two things that might spin a generator to produce electricity.

• Wind and water

• Sunlight and batteries

• Coal and oil

• Nuclear and geothermal

Where does the energy in your home electrical outlets come from?

• Solar panels

• Wind turbines

• Power plants

• Batteries

True or false: batteries store energy as chemical energy.

• True

• False

Zoe's s'more maker is an example of transferring energy through:

• light

• sound

• electricity

• lasers

What does a solar cell do?

• Converts sunlight into electricity

• Stores solar energy

• Reflects sunlight

• Absorbs heat from the sun

A machine that changes mechanical energy into electrical energy by spinning a magnet to create electrical currents in coils of wire.

• circuit

• current

• generator

• motor

What does a generator do in an electric power plant?

• converts electrical energy into mechanical energy

• converts fusion into electrical energy

• converts mechanical energy into electrical energy

• increases voltage