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Energy Conversions

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Energy of motion is which type of energy?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
Sound
d)
Gravitational
2.
What kind of energy is represented in the picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Chemical
c)
Sound
d)
Nuclear
3.
What kind of energy is represented in this picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Potential
c)
Nuclear
d)
Mechanical
4.
A battery converts what type of energy to another?
a)
sound to kinetic
b)
light to heat
c)
mechanical to electrical
d)
chemical to electrical
5.
Which object changes chemical energy into heat, light and sound energy
a)
blender
b)
firecracker
c)
lightbulb
d)
apple
6.
What is the energy transformation for this battery powered car?
a)
Chemical-sound-thermal-light
b)
Chemical-electrical-mechanical-sound
c)
mechanical-electrical-sound 
d)
light-sound-mechanical
7.
Name the Energy conversion from the Sun to a growing apple tree.
a)
Nuclear → Electrical
b)
Gravitational → Thermal
c)
Chemical → Motion
d)
Radiant → Chemical
8.
At which point is Potential Energy at its max?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
9.
__________ energy is the energy due to motion.
a)
Kinetic 
b)
Potential 
c)
Neither 
d)
Both
10.
When a roller coaster stops, the energy is destroyed.
a)
True 
b)
False 
11.
The stored energy found in food, muscles, batteries and fuel are examples of which form of energy?
a)
Radiant energy
b)
Chemical energy
c)
Sound energy
d)
Thermal energy
12.
A device that converts Electrical Energy and into Thermal Energy.
a)
A Battery
b)
A Hair Dryer
c)
A Bicycle
d)
Your Stomach
13.
Name the Energy Conversion of a cracked Glow Stick. 
a)
Radiant → Elastic 
b)
Chemical → Radiant
c)
Nuclear → Motion
d)
Radiant → Thermal
14.
What is mechanical energy?
a)
The energy of movement
b)
The energy of making things warmer
c)
The energy that is stored in an object
d)
The energy that comes from electricity
15.
Lightning during a thunderstorm is an example of what form of energy?
a)
Radiant
b)
Electromagnetic
c)
Magnetic
d)
Electrical
16.
States that energy is neither created nor destroyed
a)
law of conservation of mass
b)
law of conservation of energy
c)
law of conservation of states
d)
law of conservation of matter
17.

The picture showing the energy conversion

Light → electrical

is:

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.
What do we call a change from one form of energy to another?
a)
Energy form
b)
Energy transformation
c)
Kinetic energy
d)
Potential energy
19.
What is the energy of position or shape that depends on weight and height, also called stored energy?
a)
Energy
b)
Kinetic energy
c)
Potential energy
d)
Sound energy
20.
Patty lifts a plate into a kitchen cabinet to put it away.  What type of energy is store in the plate as it sits in the cabinet?
a)
1. kinetic energy
b)
2. solar energy
c)
3. sound energy
d)
4. potential energy
21.
When you eat pizza, Chemical Energy is transferred to _____ Energy.
a)
Solar
b)
Electrical
c)
Mechanical
d)
Chemical
22.
Can you destroy energy?
a)
Yes
b)
No
23.
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
24.
What is one advantage of fossil fuels?
a)
They are cheap.
b)
They are good for the environment.
25.
Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel?
a)
coal
b)
natural gas
c)
oil
d)
water
26.
__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.
a)
Renewable Energy Resource
b)
Nonrenewable Energy Resource
27.
Coal is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
28.
What form of energy?
a)
Mechanical (kinetic) energy
b)
Chemical (kinetic) energy
c)
Sound (potential) energy
d)
Sound (kinetic) energy
29.
What form of energy?
a)
Thermal
b)
Electrical
c)
Mechanical
d)
Radiant
30.
Which form of energy is being released?
a)
light (potential)
b)
Light (kinetic)
c)
chemical (kinetic)
d)
Electrical (kinetic)
31.
the ability to do work
a)
energy
b)
Matter
c)
photons
d)
potential energy
32.
A baseball held by a pitcher has _____________energy.
a)
Kinetic
b)
Chemical 
c)
Potential
d)
Thermal
33.
What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
34.
Which point has the most potential energy?
a)
G
b)
f
c)
b
d)
a
35.
What kind of energy is in an acorn hanging from an oak tree?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
36.
A rubber band has been pulled backward but hasn’t been let go yet.
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
37.
An example of a biofuel is
a)
gasoline
b)
oil
c)
animal waste
d)
minerals
38.
There are 3 Main Fossil Fuels. We Know Them As --
a)
Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen, Nitrogen
b)
Cookies, Nutella, Granola
c)
Coal, Oil, Natural Gas
d)
Canyons, Oceans, Nymph
39.
What is the largest concern we have with adding too much CO2 to the atmosphere?
a)
makes too many clouds
b)
contributes to a warmer planet
c)
affects our breathing
d)
disrupts solar energy
40.
Using the heat from the Earth to generate electricity would be called...
a)
Hydroelectric
b)
Biometric
c)
Geothermal
d)
Fossil Fuels
41.
These fuels are made from living things such as leaves, food wastes, and manure.
a)
geothermal fuels
b)
hydrogen fuels
c)
biomass fuels
42.
Which energy uses water held behind a dam?
a)
Geothermal
b)
Hydroelectric
c)
Nuclear
d)
Solar
43.
Most water pollution is the result of
a)
human pollution activities.
b)
drought.
c)
volcanic eruptions.
d)
storms.
44.
Solar energy is energy from the _____________.
a)
Moon
b)
Stars
c)
Wind
d)
Sun
45.
What is the protection of valuable things, specially forest, wildlife, and natural resources
a)
Pollution
b)
renewable resource
c)
conservation
d)
Fossil fuel
46.
I am a liquid fossil fuel, collected from underground wells, turned into fuels like gasoline and diesel fuel
a)
petroleum
b)
coal
c)
solar
d)
electricity
47.
A greenhouse gets really cold in the winter months.
a)
true
b)
false