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Energy Wrap Up

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A pair of tweezers is

a)

a first class lever

b)

a compound machine made of two third-class levers

c)

an inclined plane

d)

a kind of wedge

2.

A ramp is a _______ that decreases the force required to move an object while increasing the distance the object travels.

a)

force

b)

newton

c)

load

d)

machine

3.

Mechanical Energy is equal to which two combined energies?

a)

kinetic and potential

b)

potential and non-mechaical

c)

kinetic and non-mechanical

d)

none of the above

4.

As a dropped penny falls toward the ground, _______ energy is converted to _______ energy.

a)

thermal, potential

b)

kinetic, vibrational

c)

kinetic, heat

d)

potential, kinetic

5.

A pendulum will not return to its original position because

a)

potential energy is inefficient

b)

the mechanical energy is stored for later

c)

some of the mechanical energy is converted to thermal energy due to friction

d)

energy is not conserved

6.

Energy of position is called ________ Energy.

a)

kinetic

b)

potential

c)

nuclear

d)

chemical

7.

Energy stored in chemical bonds, such as food, is known as _______ Energy

a)

chemical

b)

potential

c)

gravitational

d)

sound

8.

Friction cases mechanical energy to be converted into which form?

a)

thermal

b)

nuclear

c)

kinetic

d)

potential

9.

Which sequence describes the energy conversions in a car's engine?

a)

chemical to thermal to mechanical

b)

mechanical to thermal to chemical

c)

thermal to mechanical to chemical

d)

kinetic to potential to mechanical

10.

The kinetic energy from an object's motion always changes when which factor changes?

a)

the object's chemical potential energy

b)

the object's volume

c)

the object's direction of motion

d)

the object's speed

11.

The energy due to compressing a spring is

a)

chemical potential energy

b)

elastic potential energy

c)

gravitational potential energy

d)

kinetic energy

12.

This law states that the universe's total amount of energy does not change

a)

Law of Gravity

b)

Newton's First Law

c)

Law of Conservation of Energy

d)

Law of Conservation of Mass

13.

A lamp that plugs into a wall socket draws energy, which flows through a thin wire in the bulb, causing it to heat up until it glows. What energy transformations are taking place?

a)

Chemical → light → electrical

b)

Thermal → solar → electrical

c)

Mechanical → sound → light

d)

Electrical → thermal → light

14.

An electric pencil sharpener uses electricity to make its motor spin. The pencil sharpener also makes noise and heats up. Which observation of the pencil sharpener demonstrates the law of conservation of energy?

a)

The amount of electrical energy used equals the total amount of mechanical, sound, and thermal energy produced.

b)

The electric pencil sharpener only uses energy when it is being used to sharpen a pencil.

c)

The electric pencil sharpener is easier to use than the older version that was cranked by hand.

d)

The amount of energy used by the electric pencil sharpener is greater than an electric lamp.

15.

In which of the following scenarios would this energy transformation be observed?

chemical → light → heat

a)

Plucking a guitar string

b)


Turning on a fan

c)

Lighting a match

d)

Starting a car

16.

During energy transformations, energy is never ___.

a)


released as heat

b)


created or destroyed

c)


used to increase an object's potential energy

d)

completely transformed

17.

A baseball is hit into the air with a bat. When does baseball have the greatest gravitational potential energy?

a)


when it hits the ground

b)

when it leaves the bat

c)

when it reaches its highest point

d)

when the mechanical and kinetic energies of the baseball are equal

18.

Which energy transformation occurs in a toaster?

a)

electrical → thermal

b)

nuclear → electrical

c)

chemical → thermal

d)

thermal → electrical

19.

A battery converts what type of energy to another?

a)

electrical → thermal

b)

kinetic → nuclear

c)

chemical → electrical

d)

light → heat

20.

Which items would have this energy transformation: chemical → mechanical

a)

a candle burning

b)

a ball bouncing

c)

eating a big breakfast before a race

d)

using a hairdryer