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lesson 3 - chapter 1 - energy transfer and store

Total questions: 109

Worksheet time: 1hrs 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of energy transfer occurs in a torch or flashlight?

a)

Chemical energy to thermal energy

b)

Electric current transfers energy from the battery to the bulb

c)

Light energy to chemical energy

d)

Sound energy to thermal energy

2.

What does an electric kettle use to heat water?

a)

Solar energy

b)

Electric current

c)

Chemical energy

d)

Nuclear energy

3.

Where is energy transferred from in most electric devices?

a)

Batteries

b)

Power stations

c)

Solar panels

d)

Nuclear plants

4.

What happens when you walk upstairs?

a)

You lose energy

b)

You gain energy

c)

Energy is transferred as you exert a force on your body

d)

Energy is stored in your muscles

5.

How is energy from the Sun transferred to Earth?

a)

By conduction

b)

By convection

c)

In the form of light

d)

In the form of sound

6.

What kind of energy transfer occurs when you hear music?

a)

Chemical energy to sound energy

b)

Electric current to sound energy

c)

Energy is transferred as sound to your ears

d)

Thermal energy to sound energy

7.

What produces sound when you talk?

a)

Your brain

b)

Your vocal cords

c)

Your lungs

d)

Your tongue

8.

Which of the following cannot be stored?

a)

Electric current

b)

Light

c)

Sound

d)

All of the above

9.

What process inside the Sun allows it to shine?

a)

Nuclear fission

b)

Nuclear fusion

c)

Chemical reaction

d)

Solar evaporation

10.

What does nuclear fusion in the Sun primarily involve?

a)

Splitting of hydrogen atoms

b)

Combining of hydrogen atoms to form helium

c)

Combining of helium atoms to form hydrogen

d)

Splitting of helium atoms

11.

What type of energy store does the Sun have?

a)

Chemical store

b)

Nuclear store

c)

Thermal store

d)

Electrical store

12.

Energy can be transferred in all of the following ways except:

a)

Light

b)

Sound

c)

Forces

d)

Storage

13.

When energy is transferred by heating, it can be:

a)

Stored as light energy

b)

Transferred from a warmer object to a cooler one

c)

Stored as sound energy

d)

Converted to chemical energy

14.

Which form of energy transfer occurs when a candle burns?

a)

Electric current

b)

Nuclear energy

c)

Light and heat

d)

Sound

15.

The Sun is an example of a:

a)

Chemical energy source

b)

Kinetic energy source

c)

Nuclear energy source

d)

Electrical energy source

16.

In energy transfer, which of the following is a medium that can transfer energy but cannot store it?

a)

Electric current

b)

Chemical bond

c)

Battery

d)

Fuel

17.

What type of energy transformation occurs when you exert a force on your body while walking upstairs?

a)

Chemical to electrical

b)

Kinetic to potential

c)

Potential to kinetic

d)

Thermal to chemical

18.

Which of the following is an example of energy transferred as sound?

a)

A light bulb shining

b)

A bell ringing

c)

A kettle heating water

d)

The Sun shining

19.

Where does the energy that powers electric kettles typically come from?

a)

Solar panels

b)

Batteries

c)

Power stations

d)

Nuclear reactors

20.

Why can't light, sound, and electric current be stored?

a)

They are not forms of energy

b)

They are forms of energy transfer, not energy storage

c)

They dissipate too quickly

d)

They transform into other forms of energy

21.

What is the source of energy for the Sun's nuclear fusion process?

a)

Hydrogen atoms

b)

Helium atoms

c)

Oxygen atoms

d)

Carbon atoms

22.

Which type of radiation does the Sun primarily emit?

a)

Sound waves

b)

Light and other types of radiation

c)

Electric current

d)

Magnetic fields

23.

In the context of energy transfer, which statement is correct?

a)

Energy is created during transfer

b)

Energy is destroyed during transfer

c)

Energy is transferred from one store to another

d)

Energy remains in the same store

24.

What does it mean when energy is transferred by heating?

a)

Energy is stored as heat

b)

Energy is transferred from a hotter object to a cooler one

c)

Energy is created as heat

d)

Energy is transferred as sound

25.

Which of the following is NOT a way energy is transferred?

a)

Electric current

b)

Sound

c)

Forces

d)

Chemical reactions

26.

When nuclear fusion occurs in the Sun, what is produced?

a)

Carbon and oxygen

b)

Helium and energy

c)

Uranium and plutonium

d)

Hydrogen and energy

27.

What happens to the energy released by the Sun?

a)

It is stored in space

b)

It is transferred to Earth in the form of light and heat

c)

It is converted to sound energy

d)

It is absorbed by the Moon

28.

Which of the following transfers energy in the form of light?

a)

A flashlight

b)

A piano

c)

A rolling ball

d)

A battery

29.

How is energy from a musical instrument transferred to your ear?

a)

As light energy

b)

As sound energy

c)

As thermal energy

d)

As electric current

30.

Which of the following is an example of energy being transferred by exerting a force?

a)

Walking upstairs

b)

Listening to music

c)

Watching TV

d)

Charging a phone

31.

thermal energy

a)

a type of energy produced by vibrations of matter

b)

the movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object

c)

the transfer of thermal energy between two objects that are touching

d)

a material that slows or stops the flow of energy, such as thermal energy, electricity, and sound

32.

sound energy

a)

a type of energy produced by vibrations of matter

b)

kind of energy that makes object warmer

c)

the transfer of energy through space

d)

a material that slows or stops the flow of energy, such as thermal energy, electricity, and sound

33.

a kind of energy that makes object warmer

a)

radiation

b)

convection

c)

conduction

d)

heat

34.

conduction

a)

the transfer of thermal energy between two objects that are touching

b)

the transfer of thermal energy by flowing gases or liquid, such as the rising of warm air from a heater

c)

the transfer of energy through space

d)

a material through which heat or electricity flows easily

35.
  • convection

a)

the transfer of energy through space

b)

a material that slows or stops the flow of energy, such as thermal energy, electricity, and sound

c)
  • the transfer of thermal energy by flowing gases or liquid, such as the rising of warm air from a heater

d)

the transfer of thermal energy between two objects that are touching

36.

radiation

a)

a type of energy produced by vibrations of matter

b)

a material through which heat or electricity flows easily

c)

a material that slows or stops the flow of energy, such as thermal energy, electricity, and sound

d)

the transfer of energy through space

37.

a material through which heat or electricity flows easily

a)

insulator

b)

conductor

c)

radiation

d)

heat

38.

a material that slows or stops the flow of energy, such as thermal energy, electricity, and sound

Example: rubber

a)

conductor

b)

heat

c)

radiation

d)

insulator

39.

Materials that are good conductors (two correct answers)

a)

copper

b)

gold

40.

Materials that are good insulators ( 2 correct answers)

a)

rubber

b)

steel

c)

silver

d)

wood

41.

What do generators transform kinetic energy into?

a)

Electrical energy

b)

Thermal energy

42.

What is energy?

a)
b. How much something weighs
b)
c. The ability to do work
43.
Heat is the movement of ______.
a)
radiation
b)
thermal energy
c)
cold
d)
fire
44.
Energy of motion is which type of energy?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
Sound
d)
Gravitational
45.
What type of energy is in this picture?
a)
Kinetic
b)
Potential
c)
Chemical
d)
Sound
46.
The sun warming your skin is an example of heat transfer through 
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
thermal electricity
47.

How does heat energy reach the Earth from the Sun

a)

Convection

b)

Radiation

c)

Conduction

d)

Insulation

48.

_____________ is the form of energy that is transferred between systems or objects with different temperatures.

a)

Temerature

b)

Heat

c)

Specific Heat

d)

Mechanical Energy

49.
Which example below is an example of radiation?
a)
Standing on a hot metal bridge
b)
The attic is warmer than the basement
c)
The Sun heating the Earth
d)
Touching hot sand with your feet
50.

What does the term "kinetic energy" refer to?

a)

Energy stored chemically

b)

Energy stored thermally

c)

Energy stored kinetically

d)

Energy stored gravitationally

51.

What is an example of energy stored chemically?

a)

A moving car

b)

A hot object

c)

Food and fuels

d)

A stretched elastic band

52.

How is energy stored when a mother lifts her baby?

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53.

What happens when fuels burn?

a)

Energy is transferred to the kinetic store

b)

Energy is transferred to the thermal store

c)

Energy is transferred to the elastic store

d)

Energy is transferred to the chemical store

54.

What type of energy store is associated with a compressed spring?

a)

Kinetic store

b)

Gravitational store

c)

Elastic store

d)

Chemical store

55.

What store of energy increases in a hot object compared to a cold object?

a)

Kinetic store

b)

Gravitational store

c)

Thermal store

d)

Chemical store

56.

What does energy not exist as, according to the text?

a)

A quantity

b)

A type

c)

A store

d)

A transfer

57.

Which of the following is a situation where energy is stored gravitationally?

a)

A compressed spring

b)

A moving car

c)

A lifted baby

d)

A burning fuel

58.

When a sofa's springs are compressed, where is energy stored?

a)

Kinetically

b)

Gravitationally

c)

Chemically

d)

Elastically

59.

In which energy store does a fast-moving car have more energy than a slow-moving car?

a)

Thermal store

b)

Kinetic store

c)

Elastic store

d)

Gravitational store

60.

What is the relationship between energy and different forms or types?

a)

Energy exists in different forms

b)

Energy does not exist in different forms

c)

Energy can only be stored thermally

d)

Energy can only be stored chemically

61.

Which of the following is not a way energy can be stored?

a)

Kinetically

b)

Elastically

c)

Radiationally

d)

Gravitationally

62.

What type of store is associated with energy in food?

a)

Thermal store

b)

Kinetic store

c)

Chemical store

d)

Gravitational store

63.

Which situation involves energy being stored thermally?

a)

A mother lifting her baby

b)

A moving car

c)

Fuels burning and heating the air

d)

A compressed spring

64.

What is the energy store of an object due to its position or height called?

a)

Kinetic store

b)

Gravitational potential store

c)

Elastic store

d)

Chemical store

65.

Which of the following stores energy elastically?

a)

A hot object

b)

A moving car

c)

A stretched elastic band

d)

A burning fuel

66.

When does energy transfer to a kinetic store?

a)

When an object is heated

b)

When an object is stretched

c)

When an object moves

d)

When an object is lifted

67.

What type of energy store does a slow-moving car have less of compared to a fast-moving car?

a)

Thermal store

b)

Kinetic store

c)

Gravitational store

d)

Chemical store

68.

How is energy stored when a fuel is burned?

a)

Gravitationally

b)

Chemically

c)

Thermally

d)

Elastically

69.

What happens to the energy store of a hot object?

a)

It increases

b)

It decreases

c)

It remains the same

d)

It transfers to a chemical store

70.

What does a compressed spring store energy as?

a)

Kinetic energy

b)

Elastic energy

c)

Gravitational energy

d)

Thermal energy

71.

Which of the following is an example of energy being stored gravitationally?

a)

A mother lifting her baby

b)

A compressed spring

c)

A hot object

d)

A moving car

72.

What kind of energy store is increased in a fast-moving car?

a)

Thermal store

b)

Gravitational store

c)

Kinetic store

d)

Chemical store

73.

Where is energy stored when an elastic band is stretched?

a)

Thermally

b)

Chemically

c)

Gravitationally

d)

Elastically

74.

What is stored in the thermal store of a hot object?

a)

Kinetic energy

b)

Elastic energy

c)

Thermal energy

d)

Gravitational energy

75.

What store of energy is involved when fuels are used to keep warm?

a)

Kinetic store

b)

Thermal store

c)

Elastic store

d)

Gravitational store

76.

When energy is stored due to an object's height, it is stored as:

a)

Elastic energy

b)

Kinetic energy

c)

Gravitational potential energy

d)

Thermal energy

77.

Which of the following is an example of energy stored thermally?

a)

A moving car

b)

A hot object

c)

A stretched spring

d)

A lifted weight

78.

What happens when energy is transferred to the thermal store of the air?

a)

The air cools down

b)

The air heats up

c)

The air remains the same temperature

d)

The air stores kinetic energy

79.

When does a kinetic store increase?

a)

When an object heats up

b)

When an object moves faster

c)

When an object is compressed

d)

When an object is lifted higher

80.
The glow sticks produce light for a short amount of time. The light from the glow stick is a conversion from what to what?
a)
thermal to light
b)
gravitational to potential
c)
radiant to electrical
d)
chemical to light
81.
The glow sticks produce light for a short amount of time. The light from the glow stick is a conversion from what to what?
a)
thermal to light
b)
gravitational to potential
c)
radiant to electrical
d)
chemical to light
82.
Wind turbines and windmills convert what energy to another?
a)
Kinetic to electric
b)
Gravitational potential to electric
c)
Mechanical to potential
d)
Thermal to sound
83.
On a roller coaster, where is maximum potential energy?
a)
At the bottom of a big hill
b)
When going around a corner
c)
When going upside down
d)
At the top of a big hill
84.
What type of energy is in this picture?
a)
Kinetic
b)
Potential
c)
Chemical
d)
Sound
85.

What form of energy transfer is most likely responsible when your clothes dryer dries your clothes?

a)

Potential to Chemical to Nuclear

b)

Kinetic to Thermal to Light

c)

Chemical to Mechanical to Electrical

d)

Electrical to kinetic to Thermal

86.
What type of energy transfer is most likely responsible when a plant converts the suns energy into food?
a)
Chemical to Solar
b)
Solar to chemical
c)
Light to electrical
d)
Electrical to chemical
87.
If you are playing sports, this type of energy is present when the ball is going the fastest.
a)
Electrical
b)
Potential
c)
Kinetic
d)
Chemical
88.
A TV does not give off this type of energy.
a)
Light
b)
Thermal
c)
Sound
d)
Solar
89.

What does a solar cell do?

a)

it converts light into electrical energy

b)

it converts wind into electrical energy

c)

it transmits radio wave signals into space

d)

it converts water into solar energy

90.
What form of energy is also described as "energy of motion"?
a)
Potential
b)
Mechanical
c)
Kinetic
d)
Electrical
91.
If your cup of hot chocolate is really hot that means it has a lot of this type of energy.
a)
Chemical
b)
Thermal
c)
Electrical
d)
Potential
92.
"Stored energy" is another way of describing what energy type?
a)
Potential
b)
Electrical
c)
Kinetic
d)
Mechanical
93.
This form of energy does NOT come from the sun.
a)
Solar
b)
Thermal
c)
Light
d)
Sound
94.
You could find a lot this type of energy at the top of a tall tree.
a)
Electrical
b)
Kinetic
c)
Potential
d)
Mechanical
95.

Energy transfer is best described as...

a)

The same type of energy that moves from one object to another

b)

When the type of energy changes into another form

96.

One example of energy transfer is...

a)

Your Xbox converting electrical energy into light and sound energy.

b)

Electrical energy from a computer changing to sound and light energy.

c)

Hot coffee in a mug warming the mug and your hands.

d)

Your lamp changing electrical energy to light and thermal energy.

97.

What type of energy is being transferred when you're bowling?

a)

Thermal

b)

Light

c)

Electricial

d)

Mechanical

98.

An energy transformation is best be described as...

a)

When the same type of energy moves from one object to another.

b)

When energy changes into a different type of energy.

99.

When you plug in your Xbox, electrical energy is transformed into...

a)

Thermal and chemical energy

b)

Sound and light energy

c)

Light and chemical energy

d)

Thermal and mechanical energy

100.

At which point is potential energy the greatest?

a)

W

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

101.

The law of conservation of energy states: energy...

(a)  

102.

When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy highest:

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

103.

What form of energy gives me the ability to dance?

a)

Sound

b)

Thermal

c)

Potential

d)

Chemical

104.

Patty lifts a plate into a kitchen cabinet to put it away. What type of energy is store in the plate as it sits in the cabinet?

a)

Kinetic

b)

Potential

c)

Solar

d)

Sound

105.

When a pendulum swings, at which point is potential energy at its greatest:

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

106.

What is an example of potential energy?

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107.

A hockey player uses her stick to hit a hockey puck. Which statement describes the energy transfer?

a)

Energy is transferred from the puck to the player.

b)

Energy is transferred from the player to the puck.

c)

Energy is transferred from the stick to the puck.

d)

Energy is transferred from the stick to the player.

108.

When a toaster is in use, electrical energy is transformed into..

a)

Thermal and light energy

b)

Light energy only

c)

Thermal energy only

d)

There are no energy transformations when using a toaster

109.

What type of energy is best represented by a battery?

a)

Sound

b)

Thermal

c)

Mechanical

d)

Chemical