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Year 7 - Energy Around Us Revision

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an energy source?

a)

The sun

b)

The road

c)

The shirt you wear

d)

The cup of water

2.

Energy can best be described as:

a)

Energy is an invisible force that powers everything

b)

Energy is the ability to do work

c)

Energy is a source of power

3.

Which of the following is NOT an example of energy?

a)

Sound

b)

Electrical

c)

Heat

d)

Gravity

4.

What is gravitational potential energy?

a)

Any object that requires falling to release energy

b)

Any object that is raised up into a position where it can fall, roll or slide downwards

c)

Any object that stores energy in the bottom of the object

5.

Where is elastic potential energy stored?

a)

Energy stored in things like batteries

b)

Energy stored in things like fire

c)

Energy stored in things like compressed springs

6.

Where is chemical energy stored?

a)

Chemical substances found in batteries, wood and petrol

b)

Any object that falls due to gravity

c)

Any object that compresses or stretches

7.

What do you call stored energy?

a)

Potential

b)

Kinetic

8.

The ___________ something is, the more gravitational potential energy it has

a)

Smaller

b)

Lighter

c)

Heavier

9.

The faster something is moving, the more __________ energy it has

a)

Kinetic

b)

Potential

c)

Elastic

d)

Gravitational

10.

Energy is often ___________ from one object to another

a)

Moved

b)

Shifted

c)

Adapted

d)

Transferred

11.

Energy can also be ____________ from one type to another

a)

Adapted

b)

Transformed

c)

Shifted

d)

Moved

12.

What is energy measured in?

a)

Joules (J)

b)

Newton (N)

c)

Kilograms (Kg)

d)

Grams (g)

13.

What is the 'Law of Conservation of Energy'?

a)

Energy can be transferred and transformed in all sorts of ways, it can be created or destroyed

b)

Energy can be transferred and transformed in all sorts of ways, it can never be created or destroyed

14.

In Sankey Diagrams, what is the direction of the flow of energy?

a)

Left to Bottom right

b)

Right to left

c)

Left to right

15.

In sankey Diagrams, the thickness of the arrows indicate what?

a)

The amount of energy

b)

The amount of force

c)

The quality of energy

d)

The quality of force

16.

Which step in playing a guitar involves energy transfer without transformation?

a)

The contraction of the muscles needed to move the player's fingers

b)

The generation of sound by the vibrating strings

c)

The plucking of the strings by the player's fingers

17.

When someone uses a bow to shoot an arrow, ____________ energy is/are useful and ____________ energy is/are waste

a)

Elastic and sound; heat and kinetic

b)

Kinetic; elastic and heat

c)

Chemical, kinetic and elastic; none

d)

Chemical, kinetic and elastic; heat and sound

18.

What is the formula for efficiency?

a)

efficiency=total energy inputuseful energy×100efficiency=\frac{total\ energy\ input}{useful\ energy}\times100

b)

Efficiency=useful energytotal input energy×100Efficiency=\frac{useful\ energy}{total\ input\ energy}\times100

19.

For every 300 J of chemical energy supplied by the battery of one particular model of electric car, 45 J is lost as heat and the rest is transformed into electrical energy to power the motor. How efficient is the transformation from chemical to electrical energy?

a)

10%

b)

15%

c)

85%

d)

90%

20.

For every 200J of energy in a battery, only 150J is used as electricity, the rest is used for heat. what is the efficiency of the battery?

a)

20%

b)

25%

c)

70%

d)

75%

21.

An electric car has 500J of electrical energy stored, 200J is wasted. What is the efficiency of the car?

a)

70%

b)

60%

c)

50%

d)

40%

22.

In the diagram, how much energy is being wasted?

a)

10J

b)

20J

c)

80J

d)

90J

23.

In the diagram, calculate the efficiency of the globe

a)

10J

b)

20J

c)

80J

d)

90J

24.

What is a hybrid car?

a)

A car that runs on water and an internal combustion engine

b)

A car that runs on an electric motor only

c)

A car that has both an internal combustion engine and an electric motor

25.

The best way to visualise energy transformation is through

a)

Snake diagrams

b)

Sankey diagrams

c)

Efficiency equation

d)

Light globe diagrams

26.

What is thermoelectrics?

a)

The conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy

b)

The conversion of electrical energy into heat

c)

The conversion of heat energy directly into electrical energy

27.

Which of the following are types of potential energy?

a)

Heat

b)

Gravitational

c)

Light

d)

Sound

28.

Which of the following are NOT examples of energy transformations?

a)

A flower vase falling off a shelf

b)

A child riding a bicycle

c)

A foot kicking a ball

d)

A bonfire burning

29.

In every energy transformation, some energy is wasted. This wasted energy is mainly in the form of ____________ energy

a)

Gravitational

b)

Kinetic

c)

Light

d)

Heat

30.

An electric kettle boiling water is a transformation between which two energy types?

a)

Electrical to heat

b)

Chemical to kinetic

c)

Heat to electrical

d)

Electrical to chemical

31.

A boat motoring across a lake transforms 1600 J of chemical energy in its fuel into 950 J of heat energy, 250 J of sound energy, and 400 J of kinetic energy. What is the percentage efficiency of the boat?

a)

75%

b)

15%

c)

25%

d)

60%

32.

A Sankey diagram for a kitchen blender is shown. Assuming that the blender is working as expected, what will A, B, and C stand for?

a)

A: kinetic energy; B: kinetic energy; C: chemical energy

b)

A: electricity; B: kinetic energy; C: heat

c)

A: whole food; B: blended food; C: juice

d)

A: heat; B: kinetic energy; C: electricity

33.

Can the universe ever lose or gain energy?

a)

No, the total amount of energy never changes

b)

Yes, it can gain it and lose it, at different times

c)

Yes, it can lose it but not gain it

d)

Yes, it can gain it but not lose it

34.

When chemical bonds break and reform, energy – as heat and light – is often released. This is possible because:

a)

Molecules contain heat and light stored in them

b)

Chemical potential energy is stored in the way the atoms bond within molecules, and this is converted to heat and light

c)

Chemical reactions take in energy from the surroundings and convert it into heat and light

35.

We can tell different types of energy from one another by:

a)

Seeing what the different types of energy do

b)

Gathering the energy in containers and measuring the differences

c)

Measuring their different temperatures

36.

Using the data in the graph, calculate how many times more energy efficient a compact fluorescent globe is compared to an incandescent globe

a)

3x

b)

5x

c)

7x

d)

9x

37.

Climbing stairs has ________ energy input and __________ as energy output

a)

Potential, heat

b)

Potential, kinetic

c)

Kinetic, heat

38.

Which of the following statements about energy are true?

a)

You can't see energy but you can see what it does

b)

You can tell different types of energy from one another because they have different temperatures.

c)

You can hold a bunch of energy in your hands

39.

Which of the following is NOT a type of energy?

a)

Chemical

b)

Elastic

c)

Gravitational

d)

Fire

40.

Chemical energy is a form of:

a)

Heat

b)

Potential energy

c)

Kinetic energy

d)

Gravitational energy

41.

Air molecules are constantly bouncing off our skin. On a cold day:

a)

Our skin molecules have more kinetic energy than the air molecules

b)

Our skin molecules have less kinetic energy than the air molecules

c)

The skin and air molecules have the same amounts of kinetic energy, but the skin has more heat in it than the air

42.

Metal block A has temperature 25°C and metal block B has temperature 55°C

a)

The particles are moving the same amount in both blocks, but B has more heat in it

b)

There is more kinetic energy in the particles in A

c)

The particles in A are moving faster than the particles in B

d)

The particles in B are moving faster than the particles in A

43.

We need energy to move, which we get from food.

a)

Food contains chemical energy, which our bodies convert to kinetic energy

b)

Food contains kinetic energy, which our muscles are able to use

c)

Food contains heat energy, which our bodies convert to kinetic energy

44.

An electric drill converts 2000 J of electrical energy into:

400J of kinetic energy in the turning of the drill bit, 800J of sound in the noise the drill makes, 800J of heat.

What is the energy efficiency of the drill?

a)

10%

b)

20%

c)

40%

d)

80%