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WorksheetsEnergy Transformations
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the best example of electrical energy being transformed to thermal energy?
a)
A car driving down the road
b)
Turning on a lamp
c)
A person running
d)
Answering a cell phone
2.
What does the Law of Conservation of Energy say?
a)
Energy can be created but not destroyed
b)
Energy can be transferred under certain situations
c)
Energy cannot be created or destroyed
d)
Energy will run out
3.
What kind of energy is stored in a battery?
a)
Electrical
b)
Radiant
c)
Mechanical
d)
Chemical
4.
Which direction does thermal energy move?
a)
cool ---> warm
b)
warm ---> cool
c)
right ---> left
d)
left ---> right
5.
What causes thermal energy (heat) to move from one object to another?
a)
A person
b)
A difference in temperature
c)
A difference in size
d)
Convection Currents
6.
The wind turns the blades of a windmill to produce what kind of energy?
a)
Mechanical
b)
Radiant
c)
Electrical
d)
Nuclear
7.
What kind of heat transfer is happening in the diagram?
a)
Radiation
b)
Conduction
c)
Convection
d)
Chemical
8.
What kind of energy transformation happens when a car burns gasoline to drive down the road?
a)
Radiant ---> Mechanical
b)
Chemical ---> Mechanical
c)
Mechanical ---> Electrical
d)
Chemical ---> Nuclear
9.
A student picks up a pot from the stove and feels that the handle is hot. This is an example of ____________.
a)
Radiation
b)
Convection
c)
Conduction
d)
Chemical
10.
What energy transformation happens when a geyser erupts?
a)
Radiant ---> Mechanical
b)
Thermal ---> Mechanical
c)
Chemical ---> Sound
d)
Nuclear ---> Electrical
11.
Which of the following best describes radiation?
a)
Heat transfer through direct contact
b)
Heat transfer through circulating fluids
c)
Heat transfer from hot to cold
d)
Heat transfer through heat waves
12.
Feeling the warmth of the sun on a hot summer day is an example of __________.
a)
Thermal
b)
Radiation
c)
Convection
d)
Conduction
13.
What energy transformation happens in a fan?
a)
Mechanical ---> Electrical
b)
Thermal ---> Electrical
c)
Electrical ---> Mechanical
d)
Radiant ---> Mechanical
14.
Which of the following is the best energy transformation for a vacuum?
a)
Mechanical ---> Light
b)
Electrical ---> Mechanical
c)
Chemical ---> Sound
d)
Thermal ---> Mechanical
15.
What is stored energy called?
a)
Potential Energy
b)
Kinetic Energy
16.
What is energy in motion called?
a)
Potential Energy
b)
Kinetic Energy
17.
Which of the following best describes the energy transformation by a solar panel?
a)
Thermal ---> Chemical
b)
Solar ---> Sound
c)
Solar ---> Electrical
d)
Light ---> Nuclear
18.
Heating a pan over a fire is an example of ____________.
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
c)
Radiation
d)
Thermal
19.
Burning charcoal transforms ___________ energy into light and heat.
a)
Radiant
b)
Chemical
c)
Thermal
d)
Electrical
20.
Which of the following best describes convection?
a)
Heat transfer through direct contact
b)
Heat transfer through circulating fluids
c)
Heat transfer through heat waves
d)
Heat transfer from hot to cold
21.
Which example best describes chemical energy being transformed to heat energy?
a)
Charging a cell phone
b)
Burning a candle
c)
Turning on a TV
d)
A jellyfish moving
22.
The energy transformation Electrical to Sound best describes which of the following?
a)
A car
b)
A radio
c)
A lamp
d)
A Microwave
23.
Which of the following best describes conduction?
a)
Heat transfer through direct contact
b)
Heat transfer through circulating fluids
c)
Heat transfer through heat waves
d)
Heat transfer from hot to cold
24.
What type of energy transformation happens when plants absorb sunlight to make food?
a)
Thermal ---> Mechanical
b)
Radiant ---> Chemical
c)
Chemical ---> Thermal
d)
Radiant ---> Electrical
25.
As the girl runs, mechanical energy is being transformed to ________
a)
Thermal energy
b)
Radiant energy
c)
Sound energy
d)
Electrical
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