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Energy Transfer

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 18mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which car on the roller coaster would have the most potential energy?

a)

One sitting at the top of the largest incline

b)

One climbing the incline

c)

One that is speeding down an incline

d)

One sitting on top of the smallest incline

2.

What do we call energy in motion

a)

potential

b)

Kinetic

c)

invisible

d)

chemical

3.

When a car is in motion, it has what kind of energy?

a)

kinetic

b)

potential

c)

both

d)

None of the above

4.

What is energy?

a)

Force

b)

The ability to do work

c)

Electricity

d)

The ability to transform work

5.

What type of energy do we use to cook food?

a)

Light

b)

Electrical

c)

Sound

d)

Thermal

6.

Electrical energy is

a)

energy transferred through wires

b)

wires that transfer electrical energy from many sources to another place

c)

the ability to make things move or change

d)

something that changes one form of energy to another

7.

Chemical energy is

a)

the form of energy that can be releases when the nucleus of an atom is broken apart

b)

the form of energy that is in food, fuel, and batteries

c)

the form of energy we can hear

d)

the form of energy that moving things have

8.

If an object is moving, then it has

a)

Potential Energy

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Heat Energy

d)

Sound Energy

9.

A person standing on top of a diving board has

a)

Potential Energy

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Potential and Kinetic Energy

10.

A sled at the top of a hill has

a)

Potential Energy

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Potential and Kinetic Energy

11.

A sled halfway down a hill has

a)

Potential Energy

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Potential and Kinetic Energy

12.

A moving sled at the bottom of a hill has

a)

Potential Energy

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Potential and Kinetic Energy

13.

Which of these has Potential Energy

a)

A ball sitting on the floor

b)

A car on the highway

c)

A fully charged battery

d)

A lightbulb

14.

Which has the most Kinetic Energy?

a)

A running child

b)

A sitting child

c)

A parked car

d)

A car on the highway

15.
WHICH ENERGY TRANSFORMATION OCCURS WHEN A TELEVISION SPEAKER PRODUCES MUSIC?
a)
ELECTRICAL TO SOUND
b)
ELASTIC TO SOUND
c)
THERMAL TO SOUND
d)
SOUND TO ELECTRICAL
16.

Select all of the objects that have kinetic energy. (You may click more than one object!)

a)
b)
c)
d)
17.

Identify the energy transfer

a)

electrical to chemical to light

b)

kinetic to potential

c)

chemical to electrical to light

d)

light to sound

18.

Identify the energy transfer

a)

mechanical to sound

b)

chemical to electrical

c)

sound to mechanical

d)

thermal to sound

19.

Identify the energy transfer

a)

chemical to kinetic

b)

solar to electrical

c)

thermal to light

d)

electrical to light

20.

Identify the energy transfer

a)

mechanical to light

b)

chemical to kinetic

c)

electrical to mechanical

d)

kinetic to thermal

21.

Identify the energy transfer

a)

chemical to light

b)

thermal to electrical

c)

chemical to heat

d)

electrical to thermal

22.

Identify the energy transfer

a)

chemical to solar

b)

electrical to thermal

c)

chemical to light

d)

thermal to kinetiv

23.

Identify the energy transfer

a)

potential to chemical

b)

electrical to kinetic

c)

mechanical to sound

d)

chemical to thermal

24.
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
25.

The image shows a string of lights. When the lights are on, electricity travels in ---

a)

a sound wave

b)

a light ray

c)

an incomplete ciruit

d)

a complete circuit

26.

What is the energy conversion in:


A night lamp

a)

Sound energy to kinetic energy to chemical potential energy

b)

Electrical energy to light and heat energy

c)

Chemical potential energy to kinetic energy to sound energy

d)

Electrical energy to sound energy