WorksheetsEnergy Transformations
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What energy transformation occurs as howler monkeys loudly call to each other in the forest?
a)
Chemical --> Mechanical --> Sound
b)
Chemical --> Sound --> Thermal
c)
Sound --> Chemical --> Radiant
d)
Mechanical --> Chemical --> Sound
2.
What energy transformation occurs during photosynthesis?
a)
Chemical --> Radiant
b)
Thermal --> Chemical
c)
Radiant --> Chemical
d)
Mechanical --> Thermal
3.
What energy transformation occurs as a mouse produces body heat?
a)
Chemical --> Thermal
b)
Thermal --> Chemical
c)
Electrical --> Thermal
d)
Thermal --> Mechanical
4.
What type of energy is food energy stored in your muscles?
a)
mechanical
b)
nuclear
c)
thermal
d)
chemical
5.
What is the energy transformation?
a)
Kinetic to Mechanical and Electrical
b)
Chemical to Thermal and Electromagnetic (light)
c)
Electromagnetic to Chemical and Electrical
d)
Kinetic to Sound and Chemical
6.
What is the energy transformation?
a)
Electrical to Electromagnetic
b)
Mechanical to Electrical
c)
Electrical to Thermal
d)
Kinetic to Sound
7.
Which of these is an example of light energy being transformed into chemical energy?
a)
A glow stick lights up when broken.
b)
Water heated by the sun evaporates.
c)
A plant makes sugar in the sunlight.
d)
A battery causes a buzzer to vibrate.
8.
Which kind of energy change occurs when a candle is burning?
a)
Chemical to light.
b)
Light to electrical.
c)
Solar to heat.
d)
Chemical to electrical.
9.
Which type of energy transformation occurs when a flashlight shines?
a)
chemical → thermal → electrical
b)
chemical → electrical → light
c)
thermal → chemical → light
d)
chemical → electrical → chemical
10.
Which of the following shows the energy transformation that occurs when solar panels are used to heat a building?
a)
light → thermal
b)
chemical → electrical
c)
thermal → chemical
d)
light → mechanical
11.
Which of the following energy transformations occur when a lamp that is plugged into a wall socket is functioning correctly?
a)
Chemical to light
b)
Electrical to chemical
c)
Electrical to light
d)
Chemical to electrical
12.
What energy transformations take place when a battery-operated radio is in use?
a)
Electrical to chemical to light
b)
Sound to chemical to mechanical
c)
Chemical to electrical to sound
d)
Light to electrical to thermal
13.
Which of the following devices transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy?
a)
An e-reader
b)
a fan
c)
a manual pencil sharpener
d)
ipod
14.
A television works by transforming electrical energy into what other kinds of energy?
a)
Light, thermal, and sound
b)
Thermal, chemical, and solar
c)
Sound, mechanical, and electrical
d)
Light, chemical, and mechanical
15.
Energy transformations occur when...
a)
energy is created through conduction
b)
energy changes from one form to another
c)
two forces slide together that are touching
d)
a chemical reaction takes place
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