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Energy Transfer and Conservation

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Can energy be created or destroyed?

a)

yes

b)

no

c)

only created, not destroyed

d)

only destroyed, not created

2.

Can Energy be converted between Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Only Sometimes

3.

When energy is "lost" to efficiency where does it usually go?

a)

Heat and Sound

b)

Gravitational Potential Energy

c)

Kinetic Energy

d)

It is destroyed

4.

What is Sound?

a)

The Average Kinetic Energy of the particles of a substance or Object

b)

The Potential Energy of an Object

c)

A value based on the mass of an Object

d)

Vibrations and waves through air molecules

5.

What is Heat?

a)

The Average Kinetic Energy of the particles of a substance or Object

b)

The Potential Energy of an Object

c)

A value based on the mass of an Object

d)

Vibrations and waves through air molecules

6.

Can heat flow between two objects that have the same temperature?

a)

Yes

b)

No

7.

Temperature is the measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules that make up a substance/object

a)

True

b)

False

8.

When everything in a system is at the same temperature, we call this

a)

Total Kinetic Energy

b)

Thermal Radiation

c)

Thermal Equilibrium

d)

Potential Energy

9.

Thermal Radiation is...

a)

The flow of energy through empty space or air

b)

The flow of energy through molecules that are touching each other

c)

The flow of energy carried by the swirling/currents in a fluid

10.

Do two objects need to be touching to transfer thermal energy through thermal radiation.

a)

Yes

b)

No

11.

How does the sun heat up the earth from so far away?

a)

Thermal Radiation

b)

Thermal Conductivity

c)

Thermal Convection

12.

The thing that mostly carries thermal radiation is?

a)

gravity

b)

Infrared Light

c)

sound waves

d)

air currents

13.

In terms of Infrared Light, as an object heats up...

a)

more thermal radiation is produced

b)

less thermal radiation is produced

14.

Thermal Conduction is...

a)

The flow of energy through empty space or air

b)

The flow of energy through molecules that are touching each other

c)

The flow of energy carried by the swirling/currents in a fluid

15.

Do two objects need to be touching to transfer thermal energy through thermal conduction?

a)

yes

b)

no

16.

Which is best at conducting thermal energy

a)

Metal

b)

Wood

c)

Plastic

d)

Air

17.

Objects that are bad at conducting energy are called insulators

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Why are cooking pans made of metal?

a)

metal conducts heat well and spreads it out evenly

b)

metals are poor conductors of heat and keep food from burning

c)

Metals are insulators and keep the heat from spreading out too much

19.

Why does the handle on a frying pan hot, even through the heat is only being applied to the bottom of the pan

a)

Thermal Conduction

b)

Thermal Radiation

c)

Thermal Convection

20.

Thermal Convection is...

a)

The flow of energy through empty space or air

b)

The flow of energy through molecules that are touching each other

c)

The flow of energy carried by the swirling/currents in a fluid

21.

What is the main cause of thermal convection?

a)

Uneven Heating

b)

Even heating

c)

the mass of a substance

22.

Thermal convection is when uneven heating causes a fluid like air or water to begin to swirl and mix up

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Thermal convection is...

a)

the cause of weather on earth

b)

the reason sunlight feels warm

c)

the reason the handle on a frying pan is hot