Name: _________________________
Teacherʼs Name: _________________
Energy and Energy Transfer
Assessment
1. What is energy?
a. a bar you can eat
b. the ability for movement
c. a type of dance
d. a new refrigerator to buy
2. Potential energy is...
a. energy that is stored to be used when needed
b. energy you can put in your car
c. energy of movement
d. the energy to get in trouble
3. Kinetic energy is...
a. energy that you plug in
b. energy that you move and do things with
c. energy that is stored
d. the energy to get you out of trouble
4. The food we eat provides us with _______.
a. smelly breath
b. gas
c. potential energy
d. a tummy ache
5. The transfer of energy is the ________.
a. movement of energy from one place or form to another
b. hitting your brother
c. putting gas in the car
d. pedaling my bike
6. Static electricity is what I feel when _______.
a. I get a spanking
b. I fall off my bike
c. I shock my finger on the door knob
d. I run uphill
7. What do you call a type of energy you can transfer from one object to another?
a. heat
b. cold
c. sparkles
d. vitamins
ParrishMary
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 7:06:25 AM ET
Name: _________________________
Teacherʼs Name: _________________
8. To be sure your data is correct in an experiment, you should _______________.
a. try the experiment once, change all the variables, then run it again
b. try the experiment several times keeping all variables the same each time
c. make up your own data
d. copy someone elseʼs work and say itʼs yours
9. When beginning an experiment, it is important that you ______________.
a. predict the outcome (hypothesize) first and then conduct the experiment
b. run the experiment then decide what should have happened
10. Look at the graph below. Determine what has happened to the temperature during
this experiment.
http://www.vernier.com/products/software/lq-view/
a. The object was slowly heated and quickly cooled off.
b. The object was slowly heated and slowly cooled off.
c. The object was quickly heated. The heat source was turned off immediately and
then slowly cooled off.
d. The object was quickly heated. The heat was maintained for a while and then
cooled.
ParrishMary
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 7:06:25 AM ET