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MELTS and FORCES review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What kind of energy is represented in this picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Potential
c)
Nuclear
d)
Mechanical
2.

What is the energy source or this picture?

a)

Chemical

b)

Electrical

c)

Thermal

d)

Chemical

3.
What is energy?
a)
the ability to cause motion or create change
b)
fire
c)
light and sound
d)
chemicals
4.
The ultimate source of energy is:
a)
The sky
b)
The sun
c)
Plants
d)
Movement
5.
Which type of energy is formed by vibrating objects?
a)
thermal energy
b)
electrical energy
c)
sound energy
d)
light energy
6.
What energy is caused by the movement of electrically charged particles?
a)
electrical energy
b)
kinetic energy
c)
thermal energy
d)
potential energy
7.
What is an example of thermal energy?
a)
A can
b)
A heater 
c)
A bed
d)
A girl
8.
Which type of energy is produced when the handle of a pencil sharpener turns?
a)
Light Energy
b)
Magnetic Energy
c)
Electrical Energy
d)
Mechanical Energy
9.
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
10.
Which of the following is a way thermal energy is used at school every day?
a)
Cooking food for lunch
b)
Writing with a pencil
c)
Looking in a mirror
d)
Turning on the lights
11.
The Sun produces
a)
light and heat energy
b)
sound and light energy
c)
heat and sound energy
d)
electrical and light energy
12.
What object can change electrical energy into light energy?
a)
A candle
b)
A fire
c)
A lamp
d)
A radio
13.

What energy form is being used?

a)

Sound

b)

Thermal

c)

Light

d)

Mechanical

14.
What is a Parallel circuit? 
a)
Has only one path 
b)
Has more than one path 
c)
Allows energy to travel through easily 
d)
Has only one light bulb
15.
What is a switch's function in a circuit?
a)
to make the current hotter or colder
b)
turn on and off the flow of current
c)
the pathway that current flows
d)
to add more power to the circuit
16.
Which best describes a simple series circuit?
a)
Electricity flows along one pathway.
b)
The flow of electricity comes from the switch.
c)
Electricity flows along many pathways.
d)
The flow of electricity comes from the light bulb.
17.
wood is a _____?
a)
conductor
b)
insulator
18.
Silver is a _____?
a)
insulator
b)
conductor
19.
When all parts of the circuit are connected it is a ______ circuit. 
a)
open
b)
closed
20.
A conductor does not carry electricity.
a)
true
b)
false
21.

Reflection is when light...

a)

Bends

b)

Bounces

c)

Absorbs

d)

transmits

22.

Refraction is when light...

a)

Bounces

b)

Transmits

c)

Bends

d)

Absorbs

23.

___________ travels in a straight line until something changes its path

a)

Medium

b)

Refract

c)

Reflect

d)

Light

24.

What is happening in this picture?

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

25.

What is happening in this picture?

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

26.

Which of the following best models how light is reflected?

a)

An arrow hitting a target

b)

A ball bouncing off a wall

c)

An apple falling from a tree

d)

A marble rolling down a ramp

27.

Students often use a hand lens to make small objects appear larger. A hand lens makes objects appear larger because the lens-

a)

increases the light’s strength

b)

changes the color of the light

c)

bends light passing through it

d)

converts light energy to heat

28.

Light traveling through the air moves in a straight line. An object viewed through water looks different because light rays that travel through water are –

a)

bent.

b)

bounced.

c)

reflected.

d)

absorbed.

29.
How is sound produced?
a)
By the vibration of particles
b)
By the transfer of particles 
30.

The toy car and ramp seen above might be used to answer which testable question?

a)

A. What material is the ramp made of?

b)

B. Which toy car looks the best?

c)

C What effect does gravity have on a toy car?

d)

D. What metal makes the best toy cars?

31.

3. Which two tools below would be most useful in testing how the mass of an object can affect the distance it moves with a push?

a)

A. Spring scale and hot plate

b)

B. Balance and meter stick

c)

C. Graduated Cylinder and beaker

d)

D. Magnet and thermometer

32.

9. Some students were testing the effects of force on the motion of a water bottle. They set up the experiment picture above and rolled the full water bottle down both ramps. What question were the students most likely trying to answer?

a)

A. How does mass affect the distance a full water bottle will roll?

b)

B. How does friction affect the distance a full water bottle will roll?

c)

C. How does the size of the water bottle affect the distance it rolls?

d)

D. How does ramp height affect the distance a full water bottle will roll?