Forms of Energy and Transformation

The food we eat is a source of ...

• Mechanical Energy
• Chemical Energy
• Sound Energy
• Radiant Energy

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A skateboarder is skating up and down hills. When is her kinetic energy INCREASING and her potential energy DECREASING?

• When she is stopped at the top of the hill

• When she is riding down the hill

• When she is riding up the hill

• When she is at the bottom of the hill

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The type of energy that is stored in the bonds between atoms in an object is __________.

• Thermal energy

• Kinetic energy

• Chemical energy

• Light energy

It's Saturday and you are listening to music coming from your cell phone speaker. What energy transformation is happening in the speaker?

• electrical to chemical

• sound to electrical

• electrical to sound

• sound to kinetic

Rube Goldberg was an artist who drew cartoons that showed a very complicated way to do a simple task. This picture shows a cartoon like the ones Goldberg drew. Which form of energy is used to turn on the switch?

• Light energy
• Thermal energy
• Electrical energy
• Mechanical energy

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What is energy?

• The ability to push or pull

• The ability to do work

• A measure of how an object changes

• A measure of the movement of matter

You are using a solar powered calculator to work on your math homework. What is the energy transformation happening in the calculator's solar panel?

• electrical to light

• sound to thermal

• thermal to light

• light to electrical

Matthew is out camping and turns on his flashlight. Which option describes the energy transformation that happens when he turns on the switch?

• chemical to thermal to light

• light to electrical to thermal

• thermal to light to electrical

• chemical to electrical to light

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True or False? Energy can be created, but it cannot be destroyed.

• True

• False

You are riding a roller coaster. When does the roller coaster cart have the MOST potential energy?

• At the top of the track

• Riding down the track

• Riding up the track

• At the bottom of the track

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