Knowledge Check - Energy Transfers

Which type of energy is gained as the ball falls?

• kinetic

• mechanical

• potential

• thermal

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What location will the cars have the highest amount of potential energy?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 6

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What type of energy does the ball have the greatest amount of when it sits on top of the hill?

• kinetic

• potential

• mechanical

• thermal

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Which two positions represent the most potential energy for the roller coaster car?

• W and Z

• W and X

• X and Z

• Y and Z

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Which type of energies make up the mechanical energy of a roller coaster moving along a track?

• potential and thermal energies

• kinetic and chemical energies

• kinetic and potential energies

• potential and wave energies

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Which statement is true about the energy of a roller-coaster car at the top of the highest hill?

• The kinetic energy is high, and the potential energy is low.

• The potential energy is high, and the kinetic energy is low.

• There is high potential and high kinetic energy.

• There is no potential energy or kinetic energy.

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Susie was sitting at the top of the slide. Which type of energy transformation will she experience as she slides down to the bottom?

• potential to light

• kinetic to potential

• potential to kinetic

• mechanical to potential

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Firewood contains energy to fuel a campfire. What does the energy in the wood become as the fire burns?

• gravity

• elastic energy

• heat/light energy

• mechanical energy

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Which situation demonstrates energy being transferred from one system to another?

• a soccer ball resting on the field

• a couch sitting on the ramp of a truck

• a gardener pushing a lawnmower across a lawn

• a student wearing a backpack waiting for the bus

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What types of energies are used when a person chews food?

• chemical to electrical

• mechanical to electrical

• mechanical to chemical

• magnetic to mechanical

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