Final Exam 2025

What type of energy is stored in the bonds of a log before it is burned?

• chemical

• thermal

• mechanical

• light

What is the energy transformed to when the log is burned?

• mechanical and light

• thermal and chemical

• thermal and light

• light and chemical

In which scenario is potential energy being converted to kinetic energy?

• A car at rest

• A book sitting high on a shelf

• A pendulum at its highest point

• A roller coaster falling from its peak

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

What type of reaction occurs when energy is absorbed from the surroundings?

• exothermic

• endothermic

• nuclear

• combustion

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NGSS.HS-PS1-4

Which example demonstrates radiation as heat transfer?

• Boiling water in a pot

• Heat from the sun warming Earth

• Heat moving through a metal spoon

• Hot air rising from a heater

When a skater moves from standing still to gliding, what energy transformation occurs?

• kinetic to potential

• chemical to kinetic

• potential to kinetic

• thermal to mechanical

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What type of energy does a stretched rubber band posses?

• kinetic energy

• thermal energy

• chemical energy

• elastic potential energy

During an endothermic reaction, what happens to the temperature of the surroundings?

• decreases

• increases

• stays the same

• becomes zero

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which statement about heat transfer is correct?

• Heat always flows from cold to hot

• Heat can flow in any direction

• Heat always flows from hot to cold

• Heat only flows through solids

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Which of the following processes is an exothermic reaction?

• Photosynthesis

• Melting ice

• Burning wood

• Evaporation

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