WorksheetsEnergy Transformation BLM
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Inside a power plant, coal is burned to produce hot gases. What type of energy conversion takes place as hot gases cause turbines to move?
a)
Thermal energy to chemical energy
b)
Thermal energy to kinetic energy
c)
electrical energy to kinetic energy
d)
Kinetic energy to thermal energy
2.
What happens to some of the energy in a green plant when it is consumed by a deer?
a)
It is destroyed.
b)
It doubles in size.
c)
It helps maintain body heat.
d)
It is converted into a pure element.
3.
Which type of energy is converted when fireworks release heat, light, and sound?
a)
Kinetic energy
b)
Elastic Potentail energy
c)
Chemical potential energy
d)
Electromagnetic energy
4.
What type of energy transfer is taking place as the coils in a toaster heat?
a)
Chemical to thermal
b)
Nuclear to electrical
c)
Thermal to mechanical
d)
Electrical to radiant
5.
What energy conversion occurs when a person rubs his or her hands together rapidly?
a)
Electrical energy to thermal energy
b)
Electrical energy to chemical energy
c)
Thermal energy to kinetic energy
d)
Kinetic energy to thermal energy
6.
An automobile engine converts the chemical energy in gasoline mostly into heat and
a)
Nuclear energy
b)
Light energy
c)
Electromagnetic energy
d)
Mechanical energy
7.
A gasoline engine only converts about 15% of the chemical energy of gasoline into mechanical energy. What other energy transformation is taking place in the gasoline?
a)
Chemical to thermal
b)
Nuclear to chemical
c)
Electrical to thermal
d)
Mechanical to nuclear
8.
A golf ball rest on a tee as shown in the picture. What type of potential energy is stored in the golf ball based on its position?
a)
Heat
b)
Chemical
c)
Elastic
d)
Gravitational
9.
A child is playing with a battery-operated toy car. The child closes the switch that operates the car.
Which best describes the energy transformations that allow the car to move forward?
Which best describes the energy transformations that allow the car to move forward?
a)
. Chemical electrical mechanical
b)
Electrical chemical thermal
c)
Mechanical chemical sound
d)
Thermal electrical chemical
10.
The diagram shows a circuit with a battery and a bulb. While the bulb is producing light, which type of energy is decreasing in the battery?
a)
gravitational potential energy.
b)
elastic potential energy
c)
chemical potential energy
d)
mechanical potential energy
11.
A student listens to music with a digital music player, similar to the one shown below. Which best describes the energy transformations that take place in the music player?
a)
Mechanical to chemical to electrical
b)
Chemical to sound to electrical
c)
Chemical to electrical to sound
d)
Electrical to heat to sound
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