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Energy Conversions

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The picture showing the energy conversion

Electrical → light

is:

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

What is the energy conversion when you plug in a fan?

a)

light to mechanical (motion)

b)

electrical to heat

c)

mechanical (motion) to light

d)

electrical to mechanical (motion)

3.

What is the energy conversion when water moves over a dam to power a city's energy grid?

a)

electrical to light

b)

mechanical (motion) to electrical

c)

solar (light) to electrical

d)

mechanical (motion) to light

4.
A device that converts Electrical Energy and into Thermal Energy.
a)
A Battery
b)
A Hair Dryer
c)
A Bicycle
d)
Your Stomach
5.

Which of the following conversions is illustrated with a solar powered car?

a)

radiant (light) to electrical

b)

radiant (light) to mechanical (motion)

c)

mechanical to radiant (light)

d)

electrical to mechanical (motion)

6.

What is the energy conversion when a wind turbine turns to provide energy to a power grid?

a)

electrical to electrical

b)

electrical to mechanical (motion)

c)

mechanical (motion) to electrical

d)

solar (light) to heat

7.

An example of electrical energy transforming to thermal energy is

a)

a fire burning.

b)

using a toaster.

c)

burning coal.

d)

lighting a candle.

8.

Energy of motion is also called ______________ energy.

a)

Kinetic

b)

Chemical

c)

Thermal

d)

Electrical

9.

The object shown is responsible for which conversion

a)

electrical → light only

b)

chemical → heat only

c)

chemical → heat & light

d)

electrical → heat & light

10.

The picture showing the energy conversion

Chemical → light & heat

is:

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

What is the energy conversion when you put batteries in a flashlight to make it turn on?

a)

chemical to light

b)

light to kinetic

c)

chemical to thermal

d)

nuclear to light

12.

What is the energy conversion when you plug in a charger to charge a battery?

a)

electrical to light

b)

kinetic to potential

c)

thermal to chemical

d)

electrical to chemical

13.

What is the energy conversion when you have a skateboard at the top of the hill then move down?

a)

kinetic to potential

b)

potential to kinetic

c)

potential to thermal

d)

electrical to kinetic

14.

What is the energy conversion when you eat food for fuel to go for a run?

a)

chemical to nuclear

b)

kinetic to chemical

c)

chemical to kinetic

d)

potential to chemical

15.

What is the energy conversion when photosynthesis takes place as the sun makes a plant grow?

a)

electrical to chemical

b)

potential to nuclear

c)

chemical to potential

d)

light to chemical

16.

When a frog eats an insect and then hops off, which energy conversions are taking place

a)

chemical to mechanical

b)

mechanical to chemical

c)

chemical to electromagnetic

d)

electromagnetic to chemical

17.

At which position on the pendulum would you find the least potential energy?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

18.

Which object listed below would have the greatest potential energy?

a)

car in the parking lot

b)

roller coaster at the top of a hill

c)

squirrel on the roof of a house

d)

book on a shelf

19.

Which of the following best illustrated potential energy converting to kinetic energy?

a)

water flowing over a cliff

b)

rubber band being stretched

c)

electricity making a light bulb light up

d)

stone lying on top of a mountain

20.

Students are using the set up for a lab. How could they increase the potential energy of the marble?

a)

switch the ruler to a wooden one

b)

push the marble down the ramp

c)

use a stone instead of a marble

d)

add more books beneath the ruler

21.

A moving object is demonstrating which type of energy?

a)

Electromagnetic

b)

Chemcial

c)

Potential

d)

Kinetic

22.

Harry is playing a hand-held video game. The source of energy for the device is a battery. Which on of the following sequences shows the correct transformation of energy?

a)

Electromagnetic to Chemical

b)

Chemical to Electromagnetic

c)

Light to Chemical to Sound

d)

Chemical to Electrical to Electromagnetic

23.

Potential and Kinetic energy are both increased by?

a)

height

b)

movement

c)

mass

d)

time

24.
Name the Energy conversion from the Sun to a growing apple tree.
a)
Nuclear → Electrical
b)
Gravitational → Thermal
c)
Chemical → Motion
d)
Radiant → Chemical
25.
__________ energy is the energy due to motion.
a)
Kinetic 
b)
Potential 
c)
Neither 
d)
Both
26.

What is it called when energy is changed into another form?

a)

production

b)

loss

c)

conversion

27.
__________ energy is the energy that is stored. 
a)
Kinetic 
b)
Potential 
c)
Neither 
d)
Both
28.

Hydroelectric dams generate electricity by......

a)

converting mechanical energy to electrical

b)

converting chemical energy to potential

c)

converting heat energy to nuclear

d)

converting electromagnetic to chemical

29.
At which point is Potential Energy at its max?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
30.

Energy transmitted through space in the form of waves. Can go through empty space.

a)

electromagnetic energy

b)

mechanical energy

c)

sound energy