8th Grade Science K.C
Scholar’s Name: _________________________________________________________ Period:_______________
Energy U2
(I.)I can classify
the many different
forms of energy.
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1. A car’s engine is classified as what type of energy?
A.Radiant
B. Chemical
C.Sound
D. Thermal
2. The type of energy that is related to movement is classified as?
A. Mechanical B. Radiant
C. Thermal D. Sound
3. When Christopher plugs in his radio what type of energy is the
radio using? (not producing when turned on)
A. Chemical
B. Thermal
C. Radiant D. Electrical
4. When Joe lights a candle this is an example of what type of energy?
A. Chemical
(II.) I can interpret
data about waves
and energy
transfers.
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B. Electrical
C. Mechanical D. Thermal
5. The maximum displacement from the undisturbed position of the
medium or electromagnetic field is described as the ________of the
wave?
A.Wavelength B. Frequency
C. Crest
D. Amplitude
6. Which statement describes the relationship between the length of
the wave and the frequency?
A. Energy with shorter wavelengths = smaller frequency
B. Energy with shorter wavelengths = no frequency
C. Energy with longer wavelengths = smaller frequency
D. The wavelength doesn’t have anything to do with frequency
7. When Christopher plugged his radio in the energy powering it
converts to what type of energy as it plays?
A. Electrical to chemical
C. Electrical to Sound
B. Chemical to Electrical
D. Chemical to sound
8. When you drink a power shake and then go for a swim what is the
energies that are transfer?
A. Electrical to chemical
C. Chemical to Electrical
B. Chemical to mechanical D. Mechanical to chemical
(III.) I can describe
the transfer of
energy through
real-life
phenomena.
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9. When we eat food and then jog down the road chemical energy is
transformed into what type of energy?
A. Mechanical B. Radiant
C. Thermal D. Sound
10. A flashlights battery is a chemical energy and when its turned on
creates what type of energy?
A.Radiant
B. Mechanical
C.Sound
D. Electrical
11. You plug a pencil sharpener in and sharpen your pencil. Which
energy is being transferred into mechanical energy?
A. Radiant B. Thermal C. Electrical D. Sound
12. When you’re playing your video games and there is a transfer of
electrical energy to radiant and sound what energy is created as a
byproduct of the transfer?
A. Mechanical B. Chemical C. Potential D. Thermal
(IV.)I can create
examples of
potential and
kinetic energy in
every day life.
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13. Johnny sets a cup of milk on the edge of a table the cup in its
current state has what type of energy?
A.
Kinetic B. Potential C.Mechanical D.Thermal
14. Two girls are throwing a ball back and forth when the girl draws
her arm back the ball is said to have __________energy and when she
releases it the ball has ________ energy?
A.
Mechanical and Potential
B. Potential and Kinetic
C. Potential and Thermal
D. Kinetic and Potential
15. Mrs. Steele is pulling a rubber band farther and farther apart until
she finally lets go what kind of energy does the rubber band have
when it is released and flying through the air?
A. Kinetic B. Potential C. Thermal D. Electrical
16. You’re riding a roller coaster it goes up very high and there is a
slight pause at the top. At that pause the coaster is said to have what
type of energy?
A. Thermal B. Electrical C. Potential D. Kinetic
(V.) I can explain
how the
interaction of
waves with matter
provides multiple
types of energy
transfer.
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17. An earthquake occurs when enormous amounts of energy moves
through matter (Earth) it is here where the waves are mechanical
energy that is transferred into what other forms of energy?
A. Thermal, Sound, and Heat
B. Electrical, Sound, and Heat
C. Chemical, Thermal, and Sound
D. Heat, Chemical, and Electrical
18. The movement of particles through a medium, which can cause
energy waves as a reaction of an initial energy transfer through the
medium creates ____________energy as a reaction or byproduct of the
waves?
A. Thermal and sound B. Chemical and electrical
C. Potential and electrical
D. Kinetic and electrical
19. In what way do energy waves relate to light?
A. The wave length determines what color light is seen
B. Nothing because wave length is only seen in liquid medium
C. The longer the wave the brighter the light
D. The shorter the wave the longer the light last
20. What types of energy are related to waves?
A. Radiant, Thermal, Potential
B. Sound, Radiant, Kinetic
C. Potential, Kinetic
D. None of the above