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Science - Energy Unit

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which material is the best conductor of heat and electricity?

a)

wood

b)

metal

c)

stone

d)

plastic

2.

Energy is transferred from the sun to Earth mainly by

a)

mechanical waves

b)

air currents

c)

electromagnetic waves

d)

conduction

3.

The main method of heat transfer occurring within water is called________.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

insulation

4.

Thermal energy is transferred through a material by the collision of ________ within the material.

a)

atoms

b)

waves

c)

crystals

d)

light

5.

What kind of energy does a moving baseball have?

a)

electrical

b)

mechanical

c)

magnetic

d)

chemical

6.

Which of the following is the best insulator?

a)

copper

b)

aluminum

c)

gold

d)

wood

7.

What is the primary source of energy on Earth?

a)

the sun

b)

the moon

c)

water

d)

rocks

8.

What form of energy causes an ice cube to melt?

a)

mechanical

b)

magnetic

c)

sound

d)

thermal

9.

In general, metals are ________.

a)

poor conductors of heat.

b)

fragile. (easily broken)

c)

poor conductors of electricity.

d)

good conductors of heat.

10.

Heat flows from warm objects to cooler objects until both objects are at ________.

a)

expansion

b)

thermal

c)

equilibrium

d)

conduction

11.

What change of state is shown?

a)

liquid to gas

b)

gas to liquid

c)

solid to gas

d)

solid to liquid

12.

Conduction involves heat transfer through direct contact.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Light from the sun provides heat and energy.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Thermal energy is always transferred from colder objects to warmer objects.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Heat travels through solids primarily by radiation.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Potential energy is stored energy.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Energy is the ability to do work.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

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

19.

On a roller coaster, where is the maximum potential energy?

a)

at the bottom of a big hill

b)

when going around a corner

c)

when going upside down

d)

at the top of a big hill

20.

The law of conservation of energy states that

a)

energy cannot be created.

b)

energy can be destroyed.

c)

energy cannot be created or destroyed.

d)

energy cannot be destroyed.

21.

What is energy changing from one form to another?

a)

energy conservation

b)

energy transformation

c)

energy creation

d)

mechanical energy

22.

On a roller coaster, where is the maximum kinetic energy?

a)

when going around a corner

b)

when going upside down

c)

at the top of a big hill

d)

at the bottom of a big hill

23.

A hairdryer converts

a)

electrical energy into chemical.

b)

electrical energy into thermal.

c)

chemical energy into mechanical.

d)

thermal energy into mechanical.

24.

heat transferred when two objects touch

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

temperature

d)

radiation

25.

the ability to do work

a)

heat

b)

temperature

c)

expansion

d)

energy

26.

an increase in the size of a substance in response to an increase in the temperature

a)

thermal expansion

b)

thermal equilibrium

c)

temperature

d)

heat

27.

the upward movement of warm air and downward movement of cool air

a)

radiation

b)

convection currents

c)

heat

d)

thermal expansion

28.

the point at which two objects that are touching reach the same temperature

a)

thermal expansion

b)

insulators

c)

thermal equilibrium

d)

conductors

29.

heat transferred by the circulation of a liquid or gas

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

energy

30.

the energy of motion

a)

kinetic energy

b)

radiation

c)

mechanical energy

d)

convection currents

31.

materials that do not conduct energy well

a)

conductors

b)

convection currents

c)

thermal expansion

d)

insulators

32.

the measure of how hot or cold something is

a)

heat

b)

temperature

c)

chemical energy

d)

thermal energy

33.

the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves

a)

radiation

b)

conduction

c)

convection

d)

insulation

34.

the kinetic energy due to the random motion of particles in an object

a)

chemical energy

b)

convection currents

c)

temperature

d)

thermal energy

35.

materials that transfer energy well

a)

insulators

b)

conductors

c)

thermal equilibrium

d)

chemical energy

36.

energy transferred between objects of different temperatures

a)

temperature

b)

energy creation

c)

motion

d)

heat

37.

potential energy that is stored in chemical bonds

a)

kinetic energy

b)

thermal energy

c)

chemical energy

d)

thermal expansion

38.

This is an example of:

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

39.

This is an example of:

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

40.

This is an example of:

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation