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WorksheetsEnergy Unit Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 19mins
What is Energy?
The ability to do anything
The ability to cause change
The investigation of nature
A fact of life
What is an example of kinetic energy?
A bird sitting in a tree
A bouncy ball on the table
A car driving on the highway
A book on shelf
What is an example of potential energy?
A bowling ball rolling down a lane
A car parked in a lot
An apple falling from a tree
Sunlight heating up the atmosphere
What is an example of sound energy?
A thermometer heating up
Solar panels generating electricity
A guitar string being plucked
A machine in an assembly line
What transformation occurs in a toaster?
Electrical to radiant
Electrical to thermal
Thermal to mechanical
Solar to electrical
What type of energy transformation occurs when a piece of wood burns?
Electrical energy is released as radiant energy
Stored chemical energy is released as thermal energy
Mechanical energy is stored as chemical energy
No transformation occurs
According to the diagram, what can happen when solar energy hits clouds in Earth's atmosphere?
it can be reflected or absorbed
it can only be absorbed
it can only be reflected
it is neither reflected nor absorbed
True or False:
An unbalanced energy budget can increase or decrease global temperatures and disrupt the balance of energy in Earth's system.
True
False
What amount of incoming solar energy is absorbed by Earth's surface?
23%
51%
49%
15%
If greenhouse gases increase and build up in our atmosphere, what happens?
They trap more heat and global temperatures rise.
They trap more heat and global temperatures decrease.
They trap less heat and global temperatures rise.
They trap less heat and global temperatures decrease.
When you place a spoon in hot soup, the spoon becomes warm. This is due to what type of energy distribution?
radiation
convection
conduction
circulation
The sun heats up the inside of a car. This is what type of energy distribution?
conduction
radiation
convection
collision
You are at the beach and enjoying the feel of the sun on your face. This is what type of energy distribution?
radiation
conduction
conversion
convection
The way in which heat is trapped close to the surface of Earth by gases in our atmosphere is known as
The Trapping Effect
The Gaseous Effect
The Greenhouse Effect
The Earth Energy Budget Effect
M&Ms are a great candy because the chocolate doesn't melt in your hands! When chocolate melts in your hands, that is a form of what type of energy distribution?
radiation
conduction
convection
meltology
True or False: the Sun provides all the energy on Earth?
True
False
You are in the top bunk of a bunk bed and you want to turn the air conditioner on while your friend on the bottom bunk is fine is caused by
Convection
Conduction
Radiation
A fireman feels a door and it is hot. Why does his hand feel hot?
Convection
Conduction
Radiation
Warm air over the beach rises while cooler dense air from the ocean rushes in due to
Convection
Conduction
Radiation
A house burns down. On the house across the street, all of the vinyl siding is twisted and warped by the heat. The heat was transferred across the street by
Convection
Conduction
Radiation
Which is the best example of conduction?
boiling a pot of water
feeling heat from a fireplace
a hot air balloon rising and falling
touching a hot handle and getting burned
What type of energy transformation occurs, when a hawk eats a mouse and then uses the energy from the mouse to fly?
mechanical energy to chemical energy
thermal energy to mechanical energy
chemical energy to mechanical energy
mechanical energy to thermal energy
What energy transformation occurs as howler monkeys loudly call to each other in the forest?
Chemical --> Mechanical --> Sound
Chemical --> Sound --> Thermal
Sound --> Chemical --> Radiant
Mechanical --> Chemical --> Sound
