Worksheets1.4 Energy Transfer Diagrams and Dissipation
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
The diagram shows a cart moving freely along a track. What happens to the energy of the cart as it moves from point A to point B on the diagram?
Potential energy is transformed to kinetic energy.
Kinetic energy is transformed to potential energy.
Both potential energy and kinetic energy stay the same.
Which diagram models the position of a soccer ball when it has the greatest amount of gravitational potential energy?
What forms of energy are involved in hammering a nail into wood? Select all that apply
Sound
Kinetic
Electrical
Nuclear
What energy transformation takes place when a hair dryer is used?
Energy from the sun is transformed to chemical energy.
Sound energy is transformed to thermal energy and electrical energy.
Electrical energy is transformed to thermal energy and sound energy.
The roller coaster cart has the most kinetic energy at position-
W
X
Y
Z
Energy can be transferred from object to another
TRUE
FALSE
Greatest Kintetic energy.
A
B
C
D
Which skier has the greatest potential energy?
Yellow
Blue
Energy transfer diagrams are a useful way of showing energy transfers.
True
False
The energy that is dissipated is useful.
True
False
Things are heated by friction
True
False
In a battery-powered radio, the ...................................transfers the energy stored ................................................... to the surroundings.
kinetic / chemically
kinetic / gravitational potential
sound / chemically
In a battery-powered radio, the energy is transferred from a chemical to a thermal store by ........................................................................................................
an electric current and by sound
light and by sound
force and by kinetic
In the catapult, the energy stored in the food is transferred to energy stored ...............................................................
elastically and kinetically
thermally and kinetically
elastically and chemically
In the energy transfer diagrams, the .....................................show the transfer of energy.
squares
circles
triangle
In the energy transfer diagrams, the ..............................show places where energy can be stored.
squares
circles
triangle
In a light bulb, the ..........................energy and............................... energy both heat up the surroundings.
sound / chemical
light / thermal
light / electrical
Eventually all energy ends up in the surroundings.
True
False
