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Energy Changes and Moves

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where does the electricity that reaches your home come from?

a)

the sky

b)

a windmill

c)

a power plant

2.

Which statement is true?

a)

Oranges contain mechanical (kinetic) energy

b)

Food contains potential (chemical) energy

c)

My toaster contains gravitational (kinetic) energy

d)

My phone contains nuclear (potential) energy

3.

Which energies are associated with an electric pencil sharpener?

a)

chemical, heat and light

b)

electrical, heat and light

c)

kinetic (mechanical), potential and light

d)

electrical, kinetic (mechanical) and heat

4.

Which energies are associated with a TV?

a)

thermal and mechanical

b)

light and chemical

c)

light and heat

d)

nuclear and sound

5.

Which of the following is a type of Potential Energy?

a)

Light Energy

b)

Mechanical Energy

c)

Chemical Energy

d)

Sound Energy

6.

Stored energy is called ______ energy.

a)

Kinetic

b)

Potential

c)

Pacific

d)

Safe

7.
Objects in motion have ______ energy.
a)
Sound
b)
Thermal
c)
Mechanical
d)
Electrical
8.
A device that converts electrical energy to light energy.
a)
A blender
b)
A light bulb
c)
A bycycle
d)
A balloon
9.
Turning on the radio is what type of energy conversion?
a)
sound to light
b)
electrical to sound
c)
electrical to light
d)
light to electrical
10.
Describe the energy conversion of a clothes dryer. 
a)
Chemical→ Thermal and Radiant
b)
Electrical → Elastic, Thermal and Sound 
c)
Gravitational → Nuclear, Sound and Thermal 
d)
Electrical → Thermal, Motion and Sound 
11.

Renewable energy is something that will not run out.

a)

True

b)

False

12.
Which energy uses water held behind a dam?
a)
Geothermal
b)
Hydroelectric
c)
Nuclear
d)
Solar
13.

A generator uses which two items to create a flow of electricity?

a)

copper wire and wind

b)

copper wire and a magnet

c)

a magnet and coal

d)

a light bulb and wires

14.
A type of energy that is made by splitting uranium atoms is
a)
solar energy
b)
nuclear energy
c)
biomass energy
d)
water energy 
15.
Fossil fuels are nonrenewable  resources because they
a)
take millions of years to form
b)
are easily replaced
c)
are in high demand
d)
don't pollute the air
16.
Besides coal and natural gas, another fossil fuel  is
a)
petroleum/oil
b)
biomass
c)
electricity
d)
uranium
17.

Which would be most practical to use in your home to charge an electrical device if your power went out?

a)

a windmill

b)

a hydroelectric dam

c)

a solar cell

18.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed. However, it does move from place to place and change from one type to another.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

19.

Light is a type of

a)

kinetic energy

b)

potential energy

c)

neither! It is not potential or kinetic

20.

What type of energy change takes place from the top of the rollercoaster to the bottom?

a)

thermal to electrical

b)

mechanical to electrical

c)

kinetic to potential

d)

potential to kinetic

21.

What are the three fossil fuels that can be used in a power plant?

a)

natural gas

b)

oil

c)

coal

d)

all of the above

22.

"To move from one object to another or one place to another" is the definition of

a)

Transfer.

b)

Convert.

23.

"To change from one type to another" is the definition of

a)

Transfer.

b)

Convert.

24.

Nothing Creates energy. If something has energy, the energy must have been transferred from something else.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Energy can be transferred one object to another, and energy can be converted from one type to another.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

A fitness magazine suggested that the food that you eat is like a battery because it has energy. Do you think that the banana that someone just ate had energy?

a)

Yes

b)

No

27.

When a wind up toy is wound up but not released, it has...

a)

potential energy

b)

kinetic energy

c)

no energy

d)

both kinetic and potential

28.

A wind up toy has no energy..

a)

when sitting still untouched

b)

when wound up

c)

when moving

29.

A battery is an example of...

a)

potential energy

b)

kinetic energy

c)

no energy

30.

Select the picture showing Kinetic Energy

a)
b)
c)
d)
31.

Select the picture showing potential energy

a)
b)
c)
d)
32.

Select the picture showing potential energy

a)
b)
c)
d)
33.
A ______________ converts kinetic energy into electrical energy.
a)
generator
b)
model
c)
scientific argument
d)
system
34.

Objects can make their own energy.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Only living things have energy.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

The amount of energy that enters a system equals the amount that leaves a system

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Any object that uses electricity also creates

a)

chemical energy

b)

heat energy

c)

sound energy

38.

I convert the kinetic energy of moving water into electrical energy

a)

car

b)

light bulb

c)

hydropower plant

39.

_________ are found buried under the earth's surface and are nonrenewable.

a)

power plants

b)

fossil fuels

c)

wind turbines

d)

solar cells