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Energy transformation

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What kind of energy is being shown in the picture?

a)

Light

b)

Gravitational

c)

Potential

d)

Kinetic

2.

As the ball is dropped, the potential energy decreases while the kinetic energy increases however the amount of energy stays the same.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Which is the best example of kinetic energy?

a)

A car sitting on top of a hill

b)

A skateboard on the sidewalk

c)

A wagon rolling down a hill

d)

A powerwheel parked in the yard

4.

How does energy transfer as the ball is bouncing?

a)

Kinetic, Potential, Potential, Kinetic

b)

Potential, Potential, Kinetic, Kinetic

c)

Kinetic, Kinetic, Potential, Potential

d)

Potential, Kinetic, Kinetic, Potential

5.

Before fruit falls from a tree, how does energy flow?

a)

Potential - Kinetic - Sound

b)

Light - Kinetic - Heat

c)

Potential - Sound - Heat

d)

Solar - Kinetic - Heat

6.

Which position has the highest potential energy?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

6

7.

A hair dryer goes through three energy transformations. What are they?

a)

electrical

thermal

mechanical

b)

mechanical

thermal

electrical

c)

mechanical

electrical

thermal

d)

thermal

electrical

mechanical

8.
Which type of energy transformation occurs when a flashlight shines?
a)
chemical → thermal → electrical
b)
chemical → electrical → light
c)
thermal → chemical → light
d)
chemical → electrical → chemical
9.
A lamp that plugs into a wall socket draws energy which flows through a thin wire in the bulb causing it to glow. What energy transformations are taking place?
a)
chemical → light → electrical
b)
mechanical → sound → light
c)
thermal → solar → electrical
d)
electrical → thermal → light
10.
Which kind of energy change occurs when a candle is burning?
a)
Chemical to light.
b)
Light to electrical.
c)
Solar to heat.
d)
Chemical to electrical.
11.
What is the energy transformation?
a)
Electrical to Electromagnetic
b)
Mechanical to Electrical
c)
Electrical to Thermal
d)
Kinetic to Sound
12.
What is the energy transformation?
a)
Electromagnetic to Electrical
b)
Mechanical to Electrical
c)
Electrical to Thermal
d)
Kinetic to Sound
13.
A television works by transforming electrical energy into what other kinds of energy?
a)
Light, thermal, and sound
b)
Thermal, chemical, and solar
c)
Sound, mechanical, and electrical
d)
Light, chemical, and mechanical
14.

What type of energy transformation occurs, when a hawk eats a mouse and then uses the energy from the mouse to fly?

a)

mechanical energy to chemical energy

b)

thermal energy to mechanical energy

c)

chemical energy to mechanical energy

d)

mechanical energy to thermal energy

15.

Which object shows an energy transformation from electrical to mechanical?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

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?

a)

thermal energy to mechanical energy

b)

thermal energy to chemical energy to mechanical energy

c)

chemical energy to thermal energy to mechanical energy

d)

chemical energy to electrical energy

17.

A solar power plant converts _____________ to ____________.

a)

Electrical energy to solar energy

b)

radiant energy to electrical energy

c)

chemical energy to electrical energy

d)

mechanical energy to thermal energy

18.
Electrical Energy is transferred to _____ Energy.
a)
Thermal
b)
Solar
c)
Electrical
d)
None
19.

Select all of the following that are true.

a)

Energy can be transferred and transformed.

b)

There are three types of energy.

c)

Energy just disappears sometimes.

d)

Electrical energy can be transformed into mechanical energy.

20.

What sort of energy transformation is this?

a)

Chemical to Thermal

b)

Thermal to chemical

c)

Kinetic to potential

d)

Open to closed

21.

When gasoline burns to move a car, which of the following transformations take place?

a)

Chemical to Thermal

b)

Chemical to Mechanical

c)

Potential to Kinetic

d)

Mechanical to sound

e)

Thermal to chemical

22.

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 ?

a)

Sound

b)

Chemical

c)

Radiant

d)

Hamster

23.

What is the energy transformation that occurs in an electric pencil sharpener?

a)

mechanical energy to electrical energy

b)

electrical energy to mechanical energy

c)

radiant energy to sound energy

d)

chemical energy to mechanical energy