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Energy Transfers & Transformations Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.
The most common energy transformation is the transformation between these two:
a)
air & water
b)
kinetic energy & potential energy
c)
water & soil
d)
potential energy & gravitational potential energy
2.
What is energy transformation?
a)
a change of energy from one form to another
b)
when energy gets more energy added to it
c)
when energy gets destroyed
d)
a change in intensity
3.
Some energy transformations involve a _________________________ ,  others involve _____________________.
a)
conservation transformation & destruction transformation
b)
single transformation & multiple transformations
c)
single transformation & solitary transformation
d)
addition transformation & deletion transformation
4.
Any object that rises and falls experiences a change in:
a)
gravitational potential energy & kinetic energy
b)
release of energy
c)
size
d)
color
5.
Whenever a moving object experiences friction, some of its kinetic energy is turned to...
a)
mechanical energy
b)
potential energy
c)
thermal energy
d)
light energy
6.
Friction happens in these examples, except for...
a)
when you rub your hands together
b)
a spinning top is rubbing the floor
c)
a rocket traveling through space
d)
tires of a moving car on the road
7.
As a top spins, it encounters friction with two of these...
a)
floor & temperature
b)
floor & air
c)
air & temperature
d)
temperature & speed
8.
Through the process of photosynthesis which takes place in plants, solar energy from the sun is changed to stored ______ energy.
a)
chemical
b)
electrical
c)
mechanical
d)
thermal
9.
A MATCH: mechanical energy (used to strike the match) > thermal energy > chemical energy > thermal energy > electromagnetic energy (which you see as light)
The following flow map is an example of...
a)
single transformation
b)
potential energy
c)
multiple transformations
d)
the law of conservation
10.
Your body transforms the chemical energy in food into...
a)
nuclear energy
b)
gravitational potential energy
c)
solar energy
d)
mechanical energy
11.
According to the Law of Conservation of Energy...
a)
energy changes form
b)
energy can be created and destroyed
c)
energy flows from one material to the next
d)
energy cannot be created or destroyed
12.
All are examples of energy transformation that regularly goes from kinetic to potential and back and forth in a repeated pattern, except...
a)
Juggling
b)
A soccer ball kicked once
c)
See-Saw
d)
Swing