Unit 4: Energy (Physics II) Question Preview (ID: 49220)


Heat Transfer, Hot To Cold, Energy Transfer. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

What type of heat transfer is touching a hot pan and burning your finger?
a) Conduction
b) Convection
c) Radiation
d) Insulation

What type of heat transfer occurs when you boil a pot of water?
a) Conduction
b) Convection
c) Radiation
d) Insulation

What type of heat transfer occurs when you warm yourself by the fire?
a) Conduction
b) Convection
c) Radiation
d) Insulation

What direction does heat always move?
a) from left to right
b) from right to left
c) from cold to hot
d) from hot to cold

What energy transformations occur in a battery powered flashlight?
a) electrical to chemical to light
b) chemical to electrical to light
c) chemical to light to electrical
d) electrical to light to chemical

What energy transformations occur at a coal burning power plant?
a) Chemical to thermal to electrical
b) Thermal to electrical to chemical
c) Chemical to electrical to thermal
d) Electrical to thermal to chemical

What type of energy transformation occurs in a solar panel house
a) Mechanical to electrical
b) Chemical to electrical
c) Light to electrical
d) Nuclear to electrical

What type of energy transformation occurs at a hydro electrical dam?
a) potential to kinetic to electrical
b) thermal to kinetic to electrical
c) potential to chemical to eletrical
d) electrical to kinetic to potential

What is kinetic energy?
a) Energy based on the height or position of the object
b) Light energy
c) Stored energy
d) Moving energy

What is potential energy?
a) Energy based on the speed of the object
b) Light energy
c) Stored energy
d) Moving energy

What is happening to the potential and kinetic energy as the roller coaster goes down the big hill?
a) The potential energy decreases and the kinetic energy increases.
b) The kinetic energy decreases and the potential energy increases.
c) The kinetic energy stays the same while the potential increases
d) The potential energy stays the same while the kinetic increases

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