Which of the following best describes an energy transfer in a food web?

Energy is passed from one organism to another when it is consumed

A plant creates energy from nothing

Energy is destroyed when an animal eats a plant

Energy doubles each time it moves up the food web

Which of the following correctly compares gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy?

Gravitational potential energy depends on position, while kinetic energy depends on motion

Both gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy are forms of stored energy

Kinetic energy depends on height, while gravitational potential energy depends on speed

Both gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy depend on the speed of an object

A ball is thrown into the air. As the ball rises, what happens to its kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy?

Kinetic energy decreases and gravitational potential energy increases

Both kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy increase

Kinetic energy increases and gravitational potential energy decreases

Both kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy decrease

How is elastic potential energy similar to gravitational potential energy?

Both are forms of stored energy that can be converted to kinetic energy

Both depend on the height of an object above the ground

Both depend on the speed of a moving object

Both are forms of energy found only in living organisms

A student compresses a spring and then releases it, launching a ball into the air. Which sequence correctly describes the energy transformations?

Elastic potential energy → kinetic energy → gravitational potential energy

Gravitational potential energy → elastic potential energy → kinetic energy

Which statement best explains how chemical potential energy differs from kinetic energy?

Chemical potential energy is stored in the bonds of substances, while kinetic energy is the energy of motion

Chemical potential energy is found only in food, while kinetic energy is found only in machines

Chemical potential energy is always greater than kinetic energy

Chemical potential energy and kinetic energy are the same thing

A roller coaster car is at the top of the first hill. As it moves down the hill, which of the following best describes the energy transformation?

Gravitational potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy

Kinetic energy is transformed into gravitational potential energy

Chemical potential energy is transformed into elastic potential energy

Elastic potential energy is transformed into gravitational potential energy

In a food web, a rabbit eats grass and a fox eats the rabbit. Which statement best describes how energy is conserved in this system?

Energy is transferred from the grass to the rabbit to the fox, with some lost as heat at each step

The fox gains more energy than the grass originally contained

Energy is destroyed each time it moves from one organism to the next

The rabbit and fox both gain the same amount of energy from their food sources

In an electrical circuit with a light bulb, electrical energy is transformed into light and heat. How does this demonstrate conservation of energy?

The total amount of light and heat energy produced equals the electrical energy used

The total amount of light and heat energy produced is greater than the electrical energy used

The electrical energy is destroyed and replaced by new light and heat energy

The light energy produced is always greater than the heat energy produced

During photosynthesis, a plant absorbs sunlight and produces glucose. Which of the following best describes the energy transformation that occurs?

Light energy is transformed into chemical potential energy stored in glucose

Chemical potential energy is transformed into light energy

Kinetic energy is transformed into gravitational potential energy

Elastic potential energy is transformed into chemical potential energy

At an amusement park, a roller coaster reaches its highest speed at the bottom of the tallest hill. Which statement best explains why this happens using the concept of energy conservation?

The gravitational potential energy at the top of the hill is converted to kinetic energy at the bottom

The roller coaster gains new energy from the track at the bottom of the hill

The kinetic energy at the top of the hill is converted to gravitational potential energy at the bottom

The roller coaster loses all of its energy at the bottom of the hill

A student sets up a simple electrical circuit with a battery, wires, and a buzzer. The buzzer makes a sound when the circuit is complete. Which of the following correctly identifies the energy transformation in this system?

Chemical potential energy → electrical energy → sound energy

Sound energy → electrical energy → chemical potential energy

Electrical energy → gravitational potential energy → sound energy

Kinetic energy → electrical energy → sound energy

Two objects are at the same height. Object A has a greater mass than Object B. Which object has more gravitational potential energy, and how does this compare to their kinetic energy if both are dropped?

Object A has more gravitational potential energy and will have more kinetic energy when it hits the ground

Object B has more gravitational potential energy and will have more kinetic energy when it hits the ground

Both objects have the same gravitational potential energy because they are at the same height

Object A has more gravitational potential energy, but both objects will have the same kinetic energy when they hit the ground

A student stretches two rubber bands — one slightly and one a great deal. Which rubber band has more elastic potential energy, and what will happen when both are released?

The greatly stretched rubber band has more elastic potential energy and will move faster when released

Both rubber bands have the same elastic potential energy because they are made of the same material

The slightly stretched rubber band has more elastic potential energy and will move faster when released

Neither rubber band has elastic potential energy until it is released

In a food web, the sun provides energy to plants through photosynthesis. A deer eats the plants, and a wolf eats the deer. Which of the following correctly describes the flow of energy through this system?

Light energy → chemical potential energy (plants) → chemical potential energy (deer) → chemical potential energy (wolf)

Chemical potential energy → light energy → kinetic energy → gravitational potential energy

Light energy → kinetic energy → gravitational potential energy → chemical potential energy

A pendulum swings back and forth. At the highest point of its swing, it momentarily stops. At the lowest point of its swing, it moves the fastest. Which of the following best explains this using energy conservation?

At the highest point, all energy is gravitational potential energy; at the lowest point, all energy is kinetic

The pendulum gains new energy each time it swings down

At the highest point, all energy is kinetic; at the lowest point, all energy is gravitational potential energy

The pendulum loses all of its energy at the lowest point of the swing

A student is comparing elastic potential energy and chemical potential energy. Which of the following is a key difference between these two types of energy?

Elastic potential energy is stored in stretched or compressed objects, while chemical potential energy is stored in the bonds between atoms

Elastic potential energy is a form of kinetic energy, while chemical potential energy is a form of stored energy

Chemical potential energy can only be found in food, while elastic potential energy can be found in all objects

Both elastic and chemical potential energies are identical in how they are stored and released

A hydroelectric dam uses water stored at a high elevation to generate electricity. Which sequence of energy transformations best describes this process?

Gravitational potential energy → kinetic energy → electrical energy

Kinetic energy → gravitational potential energy → electrical energy

Electrical energy → kinetic energy → gravitational potential energy

Chemical potential energy → gravitational potential energy → electrical energy

A student observes that a roller coaster does not return to the same height after going through a loop. The student concludes that energy was lost. Which of the following best explains what actually happened to the energy?

The energy was transferred to the surroundings as heat and sound due to friction, so the total energy was conserved

The energy was destroyed as the roller coaster went through the loop

The roller coaster gained new energy from the loop, which is why it could not return to the same height

The gravitational potential energy increased as the roller coaster went through the loop

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of energy is stored in a stretched rubber band?

Kinetic energy

Chemical potential energy

Elastic potential energy

Gravitational potential energy

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for the energy an object has due to its motion?

Gravitational potential energy

Kinetic energy

Elastic potential energy

Chemical potential energy

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of chemical potential energy?

A ball rolling down a hill

A compressed spring

Food that the body uses for fuel

A book sitting on a high shelf

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of energy does a rock sitting at the top of a cliff have due to its position?

Kinetic energy

Elastic potential energy

Chemical potential energy

Gravitational potential energy

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In photosynthesis, plants convert light energy into which type of stored energy?

Kinetic energy

Chemical potential energy

Elastic potential energy

Gravitational potential energy

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the law of conservation of energy state?

Energy can be created but never destroyed

Energy can be destroyed but never created

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred or transformed

Energy is always lost as heat in every system

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30 sec • 1 pt

In an electrical circuit, electrical energy can be transformed into which of the following?

Gravitational potential energy only

Light and heat energy

Elastic potential energy only

Chemical potential energy only

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NGSS.HS-PS3-3

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Final Exam Review Ch. 4 Conservation of Energy

What type of energy is stored in a stretched rubber band?

What is the term for the energy an object has due to its motion?

Which of the following is an example of chemical potential energy?

What type of energy does a rock sitting at the top of a cliff have due to its position?

In photosynthesis, plants convert light energy into which type of stored energy?

What does the law of conservation of energy state?

In an electrical circuit, electrical energy can be transformed into which of the following?

Which of the following best describes an energy transfer in a food web?

A skier is standing at the top of a mountain before skiing down. Which type of energy does the skier have the most of at that moment?

Which of the following is NOT a form of potential energy?

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