Forms of Energy Test

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Which is the best example of mechanical energy?

Which does not use thermal energy?

Using the T-Chart above: Which of the following items belongs under Column Y?

Using the T-Chart above, answer the following: What should column Y be labeled?

Type out your short answer for each form of energy. Ensure you are lettering your answer correctly.

Identify two uses for each of the types of energy listed below.

a. Mechanical _________

b. Electrical ___________

c. Sound ______________

d. Light _______________

e. Thermal ____________

When the fan is plugged into an electrical outlet and switched on, the fan blades rotate quickly.

Which statement best explains how the fan uses energy to cool the room?

Which statement best describes how playing a guitar transforms one form of energy into sound?

Potential energy + Kinetic energy = _________?_______

A student is asked to design a sleeve for a cup that will insulate thermal energy and not feel hot to the touch when the cup is filled with hot liquid.

The student has four materials to choose from. Which of these materials is most useful as an insulator?

Energy of motion is _________________________

Energy produced by vibrations is ________________________

Energy related to the temperature of an object or a substance is _____________________________

Light energy is ____________

Energy is _______________

Select all that apply: energy that is absorbed or delivered by an electric circuit is called ___________

This is energy that is not moving. It is energy that is not causing any changes now.

This is energy due to motion

Water flows through turbines in dams like the one shown below. The flowing water makes the turbines spin.

What type of energy is used to make the turbines spin in this type of dam?

You are standing still, and holding a basketball. The basketball is not moving. The basketball has:

You are standing still, and holding a basketball. You drop the basketball. Before it touches the ground, the basketball has:

What was one thing you learned about the different forms of energy?