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Energy Stores and Transfers

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A car moves faster? Which energy store increases?

a)

Gravitational Potential Energy

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Thermal Energy

2.

The energy in which store decreases as a candle burns? 

a)

Chemical energy store

b)

Kinetic energy store

c)

Nuclear energy store

3.

An elastic band is stretched. Which energy store increases in energy?

a)

Gravitational Potential

b)

Chemical

c)

Elastic

d)

Kinetic

4.

Energy is transferred _______________ due to charge flowing around a circuit. 

a)

Electrically

b)

Kinetic

c)

Mechanically

d)

By radiation

5.

________ is when energy is transferred between areas that have different temperatures. 

a)

By radiation

b)

By heating

c)

Mechanically

d)

Nuclear

6.

When you eat fruits and vegetables, the energy is stored as ...

a)

a. thermal energy

b)

b. food energy

c)

c. electrical energy

d)

d. chemical energy

7.
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
8.

Food, fuels and batteries have energy in this energy store

a)

Chemical

b)

Thermal

c)

Gravitational Potential

d)

Elastic

9.

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

a)

Electrostatic

b)

Magnetic

c)

Nuclear

d)

Elastic

10.

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

a)

Elastic potential energy

b)

Chemical energy

c)

Gravitational potential energy

d)

Thermal energy

11.

A ____ converts chemical energy into kinetic energy?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.
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
13.

Two magnets close together have energy in this energy store.

a)

Chemical

b)

Elastic

c)

Magnetic

d)

Gravitational Potential

14.

Energy can not be ​ (a)   or destroyed, it can only be ​ (b)   from one ​ (c)   to another

Choose from the below words
created
transferred
store
moved
place
15.

Match the equations to what they are used to find

a)

1.

Kinetic Energy

b)

2.

Work Done

c)

3.

Elastic Potential Energy

d)

4.

Gravitational Potential Energy

e)

5.

Energy Efficiency

16.

Energy store or Transfer Pathway?

Categorize the following

Kinetic

Elastic Potential

Gravitational Potential

Magnetic

Electrostatic

Chemical Potential

Nuclear
Thermal

Mechanically

Electrically

Heating (conduction)

Radiation (EM Waves)

Store (8)
Transfer Pathway (4)
17.

Calculate the force needed to move an object 2m using 50J of energy

(a)  

18.

Calculate the energy needed to move an object 2km using a force of 500N?

(a)  

19.

Calculate the energy required to hold a mass of 2kg at a high of 2m when the gravity on Earth is 10N/Kg

(a)  

20.

An object that weighs 10kg is lifted 5m in the air using 2000J of energy. What is the gravity on the planet?

(a)  

21.

A car travels at 20m/s and has a mass of 500kg. How much kinetic energy does it have?

(a)  

22.

A washing machine has an energy efficiency of 60%. 2000J are transferred to the machine over 10 minutes. How much useful energy is transferred?

(a)  

23.

A fridge has an input of 5kW. 2.3KW are transferred as useful energy. What is the efficiency?

(a)   %

24.

Which two of the following statements are good reasons for using fossil fuels to generate electricity?

a)

Supplies of fossil fuels are limited.

b)

Fossil fuels can be used to generate electricity at any time.

c)

Fossil fuels are non-renewable.

d)

A few large power stations can generate the electricity for a million homes.

e)

Burning fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide.

25.

Which of the following is/are not a renewable energy source?

a)

oil

b)

solar

c)

wind

d)

coal

26.

Energy is stored and released in a pumped storage power station by:

a)

Using solar panels to generate electricity

b)

Pumping water to a higher elevation and releasing it to generate electricity

c)

Burning fossil fuels to produce steam

d)

Using wind turbines to generate electricity

27.

When electricity is needed the water in the high level reservoir is allowed to flow to the low level reservoir. The flowing water generates electricity. The flowing water has a store of .............................. energy.

a)

kinetic

b)

potential

c)

thermal

d)

chemical

28.

When electricity is needed the water in the high level reservoir is allowed to flow to the low level reservoir. The flowing water generates electricity. The water turns the ........................... which is connected to a generator.

a)

turbine

b)

wheel

c)

pump

d)

valve

29.

When electricity is needed the water in the high level reservoir is allowed to flow to the low level reservoir. The flowing water generates electricity. The generator transfers some energy as ................................ which is wasted.

a)

heat

b)

light

c)

sound

d)

kinetic energy

30.

Different energy sources are likely to be used up first. Which two of these energy sources is likely to be used up first?

a)

tides

b)

Sun

c)

oil

d)

gas

e)

waves

31.

Wind is a renewable energy resource. Which of the following describes the source of energy that creates wind?

a)

A. The Earth turning on its axis.

b)

B. The Gravitational pull of the Moon.

c)

C. Heat energy from the Sun.

32.

The bar chart shows the start-up time for different types of fuel-burning power station. Which power station would be slowest to start generating electricity?

a)

oil

b)

gas

c)

coal

33.

Mix and match the items from List A with List B.

a)

Uses energy from falling water

1.

Hydroelectric

b)

Uses energy from inside the Earth

2.

Geothermal

c)

Is unpredictable

3.

Nuclear

d)

Produces dangerous waste

4.

Nuclear

34.

Calculate the percentage of electricity generated using fossil fuels. Use the pie chart to determine the answer.

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%