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WorksheetsEnergy Transformations
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 46mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What kind of energy is represented in the picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Chemical
c)
Sound
d)
energy types
Nuclear
Nuclear
2.
What kind of energy?
a)
Thermal
b)
Chemical
c)
Nuclear
d)
Mechanical
3.
Identify the main type of energy
a)
Thermal
b)
Mechanical (kinetic)
c)
Sound
d)
Chemical
4.
Identify the main type of energy
a)
Gravitational
b)
Chemical
c)
Mechanical (kinetic)
d)
Electrical
5.
Identify the main type of energy
a)
Chemical
b)
Radiant
c)
Sound
d)
Electrical
6.
Identify the main type of energy
a)
Sound
b)
Chemical
c)
Nuclear
d)
Gravitational
7.
Identify the main type of energy
a)
Radiant
b)
Electrical
c)
Mechanical (Kinetic)
d)
Gravitational
8.
Identify the main type of energy
a)
Chemical
b)
Sound
c)
Mechanical (Kinetic)
d)
Nuclear
9.
Energy is always found in the same form
a)
True
b)
False
10.
What type of energy is used to cook food in an oven?
a)
heat
b)
solar
c)
nuclear
d)
mechanical
11.
Which type of energy is being produced?
a)
light
b)
nuclear
c)
chemical
d)
mechanical
12.
What is the energy of motion called?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
13.
What kind of energy does this device use?
a)
Chemical
b)
Electrical
c)
Thermal
d)
Chemical
14.
Identify the main type of energy
a)
Thermal
b)
Chemical
c)
Radiant
d)
Mechanical (Kinetic)
15.
What do we call a change from one form of energy to another?
a)
Energy change
b)
Energy transformation
c)
Energy conversion
d)
Energy creation
16.
Which energy conversion is taking place when you put gasoline in a car?
a)
thermal -> electrical
b)
mechanical -> electrical
c)
chemical -> mechanical
d)
mechanical -> electromagnetic
17.
Electrical Energy is transferred to _____ Energy.
a)
Thermal
b)
Solar
c)
Electrical
d)
None
18.
Solar Energy is transferred to _____ Energy.
a)
Mechanical
b)
Solar
c)
Sound
d)
Electrical
19.
Glow sticks have chemicals in a thin glass tube. When they are broken the chemicals mix. What type of transformation?
a)
thermal to light
b)
gravitational to potential
c)
radiant to electrical
d)
chemical to light
20.
A toy robot can walk and talk and runs on batteries. What type of energy is stored in the batteries?
a)
Chemical
b)
Kinetic
c)
Nuclear
d)
Thermal
21.
Which energy conversion takes place when a toaster is switched on?
a)
chemical to sound
b)
electrical to sound
c)
chemical to thermal
d)
electrical to thermal
22.
Which skier will have a greater potential energy?
a)
Skier 1
b)
Skier 2
23.
Which kind of energy change occurs when a candle is burning?
a)
Chemical to light
b)
Light to electrical
c)
Solar to heat
d)
Chemical to electrical
24.
Which items would have this energy transformation: kinetic energy -> sound energy?
a)
turning on a flashlight
b)
nuclear power plant
c)
windmill turning
d)
playing a violin
25.
An example of electrical energy to heat energy.
a)
using a match to warm liquid
b)
using a hotplate to boil water
c)
growing plants in the window
d)
mixing chemicals to produce heat
26.
What kind of energy?
a)
Thermal
b)
Electrical
c)
Mechanical
d)
Radiant
27.
What kind of energy does this device use?
a)
Chemical
b)
Electrical
c)
Thermal
d)
Chemical
28.
What type of energy is in this picture?
a)
Kinetic
b)
Potential
c)
Chemical
d)
Sound
29.
What kind of energy is represented in this picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Chemical
c)
Electrical
d)
Sound
30.
Look at the diagram. Which point does the ball have the maximum potential energy?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
G
31.
A swing has potential energy if _____________.
a)
it is in motion
b)
it is swinging backward
c)
it is sitting still
d)
it is spinning
32.
When a soccer ball is on a field, the energy it has just BEFORE being kicked is called...
a)
kinetic energy
b)
potential energy
c)
mechanical energy
d)
chemical energy
33.
Which items would have this energy transformation: electrical energy -> thermal and light energy?
a)
turning on a flashlight
b)
nuclear power plant
c)
solar calculator
d)
tanning bed
34.
Which items would have this energy transformation: nuclear energy -> electrical energy?
a)
tree growing fruit
b)
nuclear power plant
c)
solar calculator
d)
windmill turning
35.
Which items would have this energy transformation: light energy -> chemical energy?
a)
tree growing fruit
b)
person running
c)
solar calculator
d)
windmill turning
36.
Which items would have this energy transformation: electrical energy -> thermal energy?
a)
turning on a flashlight
b)
person running
c)
iron for your clothes
d)
candle burning
37.
Making a Fruit Smoothie is YUMMY!
Plug a Blender into the wall outlet, and you're ready to go.
Which choice below BEST shows the energy transformation of making a smoothie?
Plug a Blender into the wall outlet, and you're ready to go.
Which choice below BEST shows the energy transformation of making a smoothie?
a)
Electrical to Kinetic
b)
Electrical to Chemical
c)
Mechanical to Sound
d)
Kinetic to Thermal
38.
Can you destroy energy?
a)
Yes
b)
No
39.
Thermal energy is...
a)
burning logs
b)
turning on a fan
c)
sun energy
d)
splitting of nuclei
40.
This makes it harder to move objects along a surface
a)
kinetic energy
b)
work
c)
friction
d)
elasticity
41.
What energy is given off when a cell phone rings?
a)
Sound Energy
b)
Gravitational Energy
c)
Thermal Energy
d)
Nuclear Energy
42.
What form of energy is best shown in the picture below?
a)
mechanical energy
b)
thermal energy
c)
nuclear energy
d)
light energy
43.
Gravitational Potential Energy (like that in an apple hanging on a tree) can be converted into Kinetic Energy.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
Chemical Energy is transferred to _____ Energy.
a)
Thermal
b)
Solar
c)
Mechanical
d)
Chemical
45.
The Electrical Energy of the stove is transferred to _____ Energy.
a)
Solar
b)
Thermal
c)
Potential
d)
Electrical
46.
Which example is NOT a source of chemical energy?
a)
Food
b)
Blender
c)
Gasoline
d)
Batteries
47.
What is energy not in motion?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
Solar
d)
Grass
48.
A basketball is being held in the hands of a player.
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
49.
Girl serving a volleyball
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
50.
What kind of energy is in gasoline in a car tank (car is not on)?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
51.
At which point is potential energy greatest?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
52.
What kind of energy is in flowerpot sitting on a windowsill?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
53.
What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
54.
At what position does the rock acquire the greatest potential energy?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
55.
What kind of energy?
a)
Thermal
b)
Chemical
c)
Radiant
d)
Kinetic
56.
What kind of energy?
a)
Nuclear
b)
Electrical
c)
Sound
d)
Radiant
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