Name __________________________________ Date ___________________________ Class _____
Energy Short Answer
Directions: Answer each of the following short answer questions to
the best of your ability. Be sure to answer all parts of each question.
Use the grading chart to help guide your answer. The short answer
part of this test is worth 18 points. Good luck! 
Multiple
Choice
Short
Answer
Total
Score
_____/22
______/18
______40
1. Examine the picture of the basketball game below. Identify
at least three forms of energy that you see in the picture. Describe where you see that form
of energy and how you know it’s an example of that form of energy. Be sure to write in
complete sentences!! (LT B, C, D)
Energy form 1
Name
Energy form 1
Location
Energy form 1
How you know
Energy form 2
Name
Energy form 2
Location
Energy form 2
How you know
Energy form 3
Name
Energy form 3
Location
Energy form 3
How you know
TOTAL (out of 9)
ENERGY FORM 1
ENERGY FORM 2
ENERGY FORM 3
OVER
2. Miss Butler wants to cook dinner for her friends, but she’s not sure what to cook. Give her
advice on what she can cook using each of the three methods of heat transfer we discussed
in class. In your response be sure to include: a) what food (or foods) Miss Butler can cook; b)
what method of heat transfer is used to cook that food; c) how that method of heat transfer
is being shown. Be sure to explain your answer in complete sentences! (LT G,H)
Food 1
Method of heat
transfer 1
How method is
shown 1
Food 2
FOOD #1: ___________________________________________________
Method of heat
transfer 2
How method is
shown 2
Food 3
Method of heat
transfer 3
How method is
shown 3
TOTAL (out of 9)
FOOD #2: _______________________________________________________
FOOD #3: _______________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________
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Date: ____________
Energy Assessment
Grades will go under the “Assessment” category in grade book which make up 40% of students
grade
The assessment is out of 40 points
1111.
At which position does the pendulum below have the greatest kinetic energy?
Position_________________ (LTD)
1111.
How is the law of conservation of energy demonstrated by the movement of the pendulum? (LTD)
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1111.
Describe the relationship between the kinetic energy and the potential energy of a swinging
pendulum at their highest and lowest points. (LTB)
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1111.
A mass is held in place so the spring has no tension in it. The mass is then let go and begins to move
up and down. Which of the following graphs best describes how the total energy of the system
changes with its motion up and down. Do not ignore air resistance. (LTC)
a)
b)
Total
Energy
Total
Energy
time
Time
Total
Energy
Total
Energy
time
Time
Total
Energy
1111.
The image below shows four soccer balls at different locations on an uneven soccer field. Which ball
has the greatest amount of kinetic energy? Which ball has the greatest potential energy? (LTF)
Soccer ball D has the greatest amount of kinetic energy. Soccer ball B has the greatest amount of
potential energy since it has the same mass as all the other balls but it is higher than them.
1111.
Fore each situation listed below. Determine which form of energy is being described and write the
letter on the line and describe why. (LT B)
____A__ 1111. A battery
____E__1111. A spotlight
___F__1111. A spinning top
1111.
Which statement correctly compares the potential energy of balls? (LT C, D)
a.
b.
c.
d.
C has more potential energy than B
E has more potential energy than F
D has less potential energy than E
B has less potential energy than A
1111.
Students build an electrostatic charge on the surface of two balloons by rubbing them with wool
cloth. Placing the balloons close to each other creates a system with potential energy. The potential
energy in this system is a result of the fact that the balloons: (LT C)
a.
b.
c.
d.
Are filled with air under pressure
Exert a force on each other
Have exactly equal masses
Are not being pulled by gravity
1111. (LT H)
If you place ice cubes into a glass of lemonade. What happens to make the lemonade get cold?
a. the ice transfers cold to the lemonade
b. the glass transfers cold to the lemonade
c. the lemonade transfers heat to the ice
d. the ice transfers cold to the air which cools the lemonade
1111. (LT H)
When thermal energy is removed from a system, what happens to the temperature and the average
kinetic energy of the system?
a. Temperature decreases, average kinetic energy increases
b. Temperature decreases, average kinetic energy decreases
c. Temperature increases, average kinetic energy increases
d. Temperature increases, average kinetic energy decreases
1111. (LT F)
Students are testing different materials to find the one that transfers the most heat energy. Identical
containers, made of the different materials, were filled with hot water, and the temperature of the
water was measured and recorded over time. Based on the graph of the time and temperature data,
which material was most effective at transferring thermal energy?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Material 1
Material 2
Material 3
Material 4
1111. (LT A)
From the top of a high cliff, a ball is thrown horizontally with initial speed v0. Draw a graph that best
represents the ball’s kinetic energy K as a function of time t?