Day 8 - Energy Question Preview (ID: 63054)


Energy PE KE Transfer Of Forms Of Energy Law Of Conservation Of Energy. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

A battery operated flashlight needs _______ energy to work and transforms it into electrical energy , radiant energy and a little thermal energy.
a) solar
b) nuclear
c) chemical
d) electrical

Which form of energy is made up of gravitational, stored mechanical, and motion energy?
a) thermal
b) nuclear
c) radiant
d) mechanical

a chemical process by which plants use light energy (radiant energy) to make sugar (chemical energy) from water and carbon dioxide
a) PHOTOSYNTHESIS
b) PRIMARY
c) PRODUCER
d) COMPOSITION

Wind is the movement of air caused by differences in air pressure. What is the ultimate energy source for wind?
a) the sun
b) the water cycle
c) the curvature of Earth
d) ocean surface currents

Convert is
a) to change from one type to another
b) to move from one object to another or one place to another
c) make clear how your evidence supports your answer
d) a support a statement with evidence

A hydroelectric dam uses the flow of water to turn a turbine. The turbine turns a magnet to produce electricity. What energy transformation occurs in a hydroelectric power plant?
a) mechanical to electrical
b) electrical to mechanical
c) chemical to electrical
d) chemical to mechanical

The sun transforms nuclear energy into ultraviolet, infrared, and gamma energy all forms of _______________ energy.
a) sound
b) thermal
c) electromagnetic
d) mechanical

A nuclear power plant converts nuclear energy in to which type of energy that powers many buildings and homes?
a) thermal energy
b) potential energy
c) light energy
d) electrical energy

Any time an energy conservation takes place, some of the original energy is converted to which one of the following/
a) sound
b) potential
c) light
d) thermal

On a cold winter day, Matilda rubs her hands together. Stored chemical energy is transformed into mechanical energy. Due to the Law of Conservation of Energy, some of the energy is also transformed into _________.
a) thermal (heat) energy
b) light energy
c) solar energy
d) kinetic energy

Which organelle is responsible for converting radiant energy (sunlight) into chemical energy (carbohydrates)?
a) mitochondria
b) lysosomes
c) chloroplast
d) cell wall

A Speaker converts Electrical Energy to _____________ then to Sound Energy
a) Chemical Energy
b) Thermal Energy
c) Mechanical Energy
d) Potential Energy

A car burning a fossil fuel so it can move transforms _____ energy into mechanical energy.
a) nuclear
b) electrical
c) electromagnetic
d) chemical

Total energy of a system including the kinetic energy and potential energy of its particles
a) thermal energy
b) sound energy
c) light energy
d) electrical energy

Energy transformation that occurs when the sun gives energy to an apple tree so it can grow.
a) radiant to chemical
b) chemical to electrical
c) nuclear to chemical
d) radiant to thermal

Potential energy related to an object's height is called _____ potential energy.
a) gravitational
b) thermal
c) kinetic
d) elastic

If you saw a diagram that showed the flow of energy within a person when they eat food and convert it into a usable form of energy for activities such as running. Which energy transformation does this process represent?
a) Chemical energy to mechanical energy
b) Chemical energy to thermal energy
c) Mechanical energy to thermal energy
d) Thermal energy to chemical energy

Kinetic energy is in any object that is moving. Where will an object on a hill have the greatest kinetic energy
a) at the top of the hill
b) at the middle of the hill
c) at the bottom of the hill
d) none of these

When kinetic energy is reduced due to friction (and an object slows), which form of energy does the kinetic often get converted into?
a) more kinetic
b) gravitational potential
c) elastic potential
d) thermal/ heat

(Figure 4) If potential energy is stored energy, and kinetic energy is energy in motion, where does the skier have the greatest amount of potential energy
a) at the top of the hill
b) at the bottom of the hill
c) in the middle of the hill
d) in the ski lodge

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