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Unit 1 Test

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Look at the picture attached of the digestive system. Which of the following is a component of the digestive system?

a)

liver

b)

complex

c)

food

d)

waste

2.

Use the attached picture of a prism as an example of a system. If white light is the input into the system, what is the output?

a)

colored light

b)

gravity

c)

clear light

d)

triangular

3.

Consider a school as an example of a system. Which would be considered an interaction inside the system?

a)

students working in groups together

b)

buses leaving the school

c)

the walls around the classroom

d)

notebooks

4.

Which is an example of kinetic energy?

a)

Light from a flashlight

b)

A stretched rubber band

c)

Food

d)

Holding a ball in the air

5.

The Law of Conservation of Energy states:

a)

Energy can be created or destroyed, but not transformed

b)

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transformed

c)

Energy can't be created, destroyed or transformed

d)

Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

6.

Windmills use the movement of the wind to power homes and businesses. Which type of energy does the wind represent in this system?

a)

electrical

b)

mechanical

c)

radiant

d)

gravitational

7.

At what point does the roller coaster have the highest amount of potential energy?

a)

At the bottom of the first hill.

b)

At the top of the third hill.

c)

At the end of the ride.

d)

At the top of the first hill.

8.

Consider a basketball being held above the ground. It has 1000 joules of energy. The ball is dropped and bounces until it stops. Select all of the following that are true about the basketball.

a)

When the ball stops bouncing, it has used 1000 joules of energy

b)

The ball started with gravitational energy

c)

When the ball stops bouncing, it has used 500 joules of energy

d)

The ball had mechanical, elastic, and sound energy as it bounced

9.

You buy an electric car that plugs into the wall to get energy. Your house has solar panels on the roof to generate energy to charge the car. What energy transformation is taking place to charge the battery in your electric car?

a)

radiant ----> electrical ----> chemical

b)

thermal ----> electrical ----> chemical

c)

radiant ----> electrical ----> nuclear

d)

electrical ----> chemical ----> radiant

10.

Which items would have this energy transformation: chemical energy -> mechanical, sound, and thermal energy?

a)

driving a car

b)

candle burning

c)

windmill turning

d)

playing a violin

11.

Which graph below would show the energy in the roller coaster at point 4?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

Which graph below would show the energy in the roller coaster at point 6?

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.

The image shows a toy car track and different points on the track are labelled. Which graph would show the energy at point D on the track? (Hint: The track is all the way on the ground)

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

Using the picture, explain the type of energy the skateboarder would have at this position.

a)

100% Gravitational PE

b)

100 % KE

c)

50 % Gravitational PE and 50% KE

d)

100% Elastic PE

15.

An engineer is trying to build a quieter jackhammer. The Jackhammer uses 300 Joules of energy a second. It makes 150 Joules of mechanical energy, and 50 Joules of thermal energy. Assuming the only other type of energy present is sound, how much sound energy is there?

a)

1 Joule

b)

100 Joules

c)

200 Joules

d)

30 Joules