WorksheetsEnergy transformation
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 14mins
What kind of energy is being shown in the picture?
Light
Gravitational
Potential
Kinetic
As the ball is dropped, the potential energy decreases while the kinetic energy increases however the amount of energy stays the same.
True
False
Which is the best example of kinetic energy?
A car sitting on top of a hill
A skateboard on the sidewalk
A wagon rolling down a hill
A powerwheel parked in the yard
How does energy transfer as the ball is bouncing?
Kinetic, Potential, Potential, Kinetic
Potential, Potential, Kinetic, Kinetic
Kinetic, Kinetic, Potential, Potential
Potential, Kinetic, Kinetic, Potential
Before fruit falls from a tree, how does energy flow?
Potential - Kinetic - Sound
Light - Kinetic - Heat
Potential - Sound - Heat
Solar - Kinetic - Heat
Which position has the highest potential energy?
1
2
4
6
A hair dryer goes through three energy transformations. What are they?
electrical
thermal
mechanical
mechanical
thermal
electrical
mechanical
electrical
thermal
thermal
electrical
mechanical
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
Which object shows an energy transformation from electrical to mechanical?
When a car burns gasoline it creates hot air to move the pistons in the engine, which causes the car to move. What energy transformation occur from the fuel to the movement of a car?
thermal energy to mechanical energy
thermal energy to chemical energy to mechanical energy
chemical energy to thermal energy to mechanical energy
chemical energy to electrical energy
A solar power plant converts _____________ to ____________.
Electrical energy to solar energy
radiant energy to electrical energy
chemical energy to electrical energy
mechanical energy to thermal energy
Select all of the following that are true.
Energy can be transferred and transformed.
There are three types of energy.
Energy just disappears sometimes.
Electrical energy can be transformed into mechanical energy.
What sort of energy transformation is this?
Chemical to Thermal
Thermal to chemical
Kinetic to potential
Open to closed
When gasoline burns to move a car, which of the following transformations take place?
Chemical to Thermal
Chemical to Mechanical
Potential to Kinetic
Mechanical to sound
Thermal to chemical
When you drop a basketball it does not bounce back all the way. This is because some of the mechanical energy is 'lost' when it transforms into which of the following ?
Sound
Chemical
Radiant
Hamster
What is the energy transformation that occurs in an electric pencil sharpener?
mechanical energy to electrical energy
electrical energy to mechanical energy
radiant energy to sound energy
chemical energy to mechanical energy
