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Energy Transfers & Stores

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where is the potential energy the greatest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
2.
Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 
a)
Potential 
b)
Energy
c)
Kinetic
d)
Friction
3.
a.  Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom.
a)
A. Sound Energy
b)
B. Potential Energy
c)
C. Nuclear Energy
d)
D. Thermal energy
4.
A girl turned the light off and went to bed.  She remembered she had accidentally left her glass of ice water on the counter.  When she got up the next morning, the ice had melted. What form of energy caused the ice to melt?
a)
Sound energy
b)
Light energy
c)
Thermal energy
d)
Mechanical energy
5.

Food, fuels and batteries have energy in this energy store

a)

Chemical

b)

Thermal

c)

Gravitational Potential

d)

Elastic

6.

A stretched rubber band has energy in this energy store

a)

Magnetic

b)

Electrostatic

c)

Elastic

d)

Nuclear

7.

Two magnets close together have energy in this energy store.

a)

Chemical

b)

Elastic

c)

Magnetic

d)

Gravitational Potential

8.

Two negatively charged particles which are close together have energy in this energy store

a)

Electrostatic

b)

Magnetic

c)

Nuclear

d)

Elastic

9.

Energy which is transferred by a force moving an object through a distance

a)

Mechanically

b)

Electrically

c)

By Radiation

d)

By Heating

10.

Energy which is transferred by charges moving due to a potential difference (voltage)

a)

Mechanically

b)

Electrically

c)

By Radiation

d)

By Heating

11.

Energy which is transferred as a wave, for example light.

a)

Mechanically

b)

Electrically

c)

By Radiation

d)

By Heating

12.

Energy which is transferred due to temperature difference...

a)

Mechanically

b)

Electrically

c)

By Radiation

d)

By Heating

13.

Describe the energy store transfer involved in the following process:

Start Point: an unlit match. End Point: a lit match.

Word your answers like: thermal to elastic potential

(a)  

14.

Describe the energy store transfer involved in the following process:

a car that is not moving on a flat road. End Point: the car moving along the flat road.

Word your answers like: thermal to elastic potential

(a)  

15.

Describe the energy store transfer involved in the following process:

a rollercoaster not moving at the top of a crest. End Point: the rollercoaster halfway down the drop.

Word your answers like: thermal to elastic potential

(a)  

16.

Describe the energy store transfer involved in the following process:

a person at the start of a marathon. End Point: the same person at the end of the marathon.

Word your answers like: thermal to elastic potential

(a)  

17.

Describe an energy store transfer involved in the following process:

A person at the top of a platform attached to a bungee. End Point: The person still falling with the bungee beginning to stretch.

Word your answers like: thermal to elastic potential

(a)  

18.

Solar panels convert light to ...

a)

Kinetic energy

b)

Thermal energy

c)

Light energy

d)

Electrical energy

19.

Shooting an arrow from a bow converts ____ into kinetic energy.

a)

Elastic potential energy

b)

Chemical energy

c)

Gravitational potential energy

d)

Thermal energy

20.

A television converts electrical energy into .....

a)

Light

b)

Sound

c)

Thermal

d)

Elastic potential

e)

Kinetic

21.

A ____ converts chemical energy into kinetic energy?

a)
b)
c)
d)
22.

A microphone converts ___________ energy into __________ energy. 

a)

Sound, electrical

b)

Electrical, sound

c)

Sound, chemical

d)

Chemical, sound

23.

A torch converts ______________ energy via _______________ energy into ________________ energy.

a)

chemical; electrical; light

b)

light; chemical; electrical 

c)

electrical; chemical; light

d)

electrical; light; chemical

24.

A ___ converts electrical energy into thermal energy?

a)
b)
c)
d)
25.

A ____ mainly converts chemical energy into thermal energy.

a)
b)
c)
d)