Energy Transfers and Transformations Quiz

What is the law of conservation of energy?

• Energy can be created and destroyed.

• Energy can only be destroyed.

• Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

• Energy can only be created.

What is an example of energy transfer?

• Water boiling on a stove.

• A golf club hitting a golf ball.

• A plant growing in sand dunes.

• A ball sitting at the top of a hill.

What is conduction?

• Heat transfer through sound waves.

• Heat transfer between neighboring molecules in contact.

• Heat transfer through electromagnetic waves.

• Heat transfer through fluids.

Which material is a good conductor of heat?

• Wood

• Metal

• Plastic

• Rubber

What is convection?

• A process that occurs in metals.

• A process that occurs in solids.

• A cyclical process that only occurs in fluids.

• A process that occurs in a vacuum.

What is radiation?

• Heat transfer through sound waves.

• Heat transfer through electromagnetic waves.

• Heat transfer through fluids.

• Heat transfer through direct contact.

What happens to a ball's energy as it rolls down a hill?

• Kinetic energy decreases.

• Potential energy increases.

• Kinetic energy transforms into potential energy.

• Potential energy transforms into kinetic energy.

What is thermal energy?

• Internal energy of a system due to its temperature.

• Energy stored in chemical bonds.

• Energy associated with motion.

• Energy due to an object's position.

What is an insulator?

• A material that easily transfers heat.

• A material that reflects light.

• A material that does not easily transfer heat.

• A material that conducts electricity.

What creates wind in a coastal dune environment?

• The sun not affecting the land or ocean.

• The sun heating the land faster than the ocean.

• The sun heating the land and ocean equally.

• The ocean heating faster than the land.