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Energy Transfer

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Energy of motion is which type of energy?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
Sound
d)
Gravitational
2.
What kind of energy is represented in this picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Potential
c)
Nuclear
d)
Mechanical
3.
What kind of energy does this device use?
a)
Chemical
b)
Electrical
c)
Thermal
d)
Chemical
4.
What kind of energy is represented in the picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Chemical
c)
Sound
d)
Nuclear
5.
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
6.
Wind turbines and windmills convert what energy to another?
a)
Kinetic to electric
b)
Gravitational potential to electric
c)
Mechanical to potential
d)
Thermal to sound
7.
What machine changes electrical energy into light and sound energy?
a)
battery
b)
lightbulb
c)
alarm clock
d)
apple
8.
On a roller coaster, where is 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
9.

Batteries store energy as chemical energy.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What does a solar cell do?

a)

it converts light into electrical energy

b)

it converts wind into electrical energy

c)

it transmits radio wave signals into space

d)

it converts water into solar energy

11.
This form of energy could be represented by the movement of electrons within copper wires.
a)
Electrical
b)
Light
c)
Sound
d)
Mechanical
12.

Which Apple has the greatest Gravitational Potential Energy?

a)

Apple A

b)

Apple B

c)

Apple C

d)

Apple D

13.
What is the ability to work called?
a)
electricity
b)
transfer
c)
generator
d)
energy
14.

What forms of energy are involved in hammering a nail into wood? Select all that apply

a)

Sound

b)

Kinetic

c)

Electrical

d)

Nuclear

15.

Which of these has kinetic energy?

a)

a book sitting on a shelf

b)

hat and gloves on a table

c)

cars parked in a parking lot

d)

a child kicking a soccer ball

16.

Which of these has elastic potential energy?

a)

a vase sitting on a shelf

b)

a stretched rubber band

c)

a child moving down a slide

d)

sugars stored in the molecules of food

17.

Which of these best illustrates chemical potential energy?

a)

a dog playing fetch

b)

Petrol in a vehicle

c)

water moving down a hill

d)

a skydiver about to jump out of a plane

18.

Identify the energy transfer

a)

electrical to chemical to light

b)

kinetic to potential

c)

chemical to electrical to light

d)

light to sound

19.

What is the source of all energy on Earth?

a)

the moon

b)

the Earth's Core

c)

the sun

d)

the tides of the oceans

20.
What kind of energy is in a waving hand?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
21.
What does the Law of Conservation of Energy state?
a)
Energy cannot be created or destroyed
b)
Nothing can exchange energy
c)
Energy will increase over time.
d)
Energy will decrease over time.
22.
Is energy always conserved?
a)
Always
b)
Often
c)
Never
d)
Sometimes
23.
What energy transformation occurs from a light bulb? 
a)
Electrical energy = kinetic energy + potential energy 
b)
Electrical energy = electrical energy 
c)
Electrical energy = chemical energy 
d)
Electrical energy = light energy + thermal energy 
24.
Energy can be created.
a)
True
b)
False
25.

The total energy going into a light bulb is 50 J.

The wasted energy is 40 J. How much energy is transformed into light?

a)

40 J

b)

10 J

c)

90 J

d)

50 J

26.

What are the units of energy?

a)

Watt

b)

Newton

c)

Joule

d)

Kelvin

27.

Energy input = energy output.

If energy input is 10J, the energy output must be?

a)

23J

b)

10J

c)

30J

d)

5J

28.

What is the wasted energy here? (we want movement)

a)

heat, light and sound

b)

chemical, electrical and movement

c)

Sound, sound and sound

29.

What is the wasted energy here? (we want light)

a)

electrical

b)

heat

c)

movement

30.

This car needs 800 J of energy to power it. If 500 J is changed into useful energy, how much energy is wasted?

a)

136 J

b)

300 J

c)

500 J

d)

200 J