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Energy Test
Instructions to students
Please answer all questions in the spaces provided. There is to be no talking during the test.

Marks
Total marks: 40 marks
Section I - Multiple choice questions: 20 marks
Section II - Short answer questions: 20 marks

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Section I: Multiple choice questions

1. Which of the following has the most kinetic energy?
A.
B.
C.
D.

a motorcycle being driven at 100 km/h

a small car being driven at 100 km/h
a ball thrown at 100 km/h
a truck being driven at 100 km/h

[1 mark]

2. Sound waves cannot travel through:

A.
B.
C.
D.

liquids.
solids.
gases.
a vacuum.

[1 mark]

3. Ethanol is made by:

A.
B.
C.
D.

fermenting the sugar of various plants.

burning natural material.
generators.
driving a car.

[1 mark]

4. When atoms react in chemical reactions, they release only small amounts of

energy. How, then, does nuclear power release so much energy?

A.
B.
C.
D.

only lead atoms are used

billions of atoms are used
trillions of atoms are used
the nuclei of the atoms are used

[1 mark]

5. If the input energy into a system is 80 units, and the output energy is 20 units, the

energy efficiency is:

A.
B.
C.
D.

20%
10%
80%
25%

[1 mark]

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6. You have a microphone that you know is 75% efficient. If you input 300 units of

energy into it, what would you expect the output energy to be?
A.
B.
C.
D.

225 units
270 units
290 units
300 units

[1 mark]

7. The amount of gravitational potential energy depends on:

A.
B.
C.
D.

mass and height.

height and speed.
speed and weight.
mass and speed.

[1 mark]

8. What sort of energy is stored in petrol?

A.
B.
C.
D.

light energy
biomass energy
gravitational potential energy
chemical potential energy

[1 mark]

9. A certain light bulb has an energy efficiency of 80%. The 20% of lost energy is

probably lost as:

A.
B.
C.
D.

heat energy.
sound energy.
kinetic energy.
light energy.

[1 mark]

10.

A toaster converts:
A.
B.
C.
D.

electrical energy to heat energy.

chemical energy to heat energy.
heat energy to chemical energy.
heat energy to electrical energy.

[1 mark]

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11.

What recent invention turns sunlight into electricity?

A.
B.
C.
D.

light emitting diodes

incandescent lights
solar cells
compact fluorescent lights

[1 mark]

Which of the following cannot generate heat energy?

12.
A.
B.
C.
D.

rubbing your hands together

freezing water
burning chemicals
electrical devices

[1 mark]

13.

A solar panel converts:

A.
B.
C.
D.

light energy to electrical energy.

heat energy to light energy.
light energy to heat energy.
electrical energy to light energy.

[1 mark]

14.

Which of the following devices converts gravitational potential energy to kinetic

energy?
A.
B.
C.
D.

a battery
a bow and arrow
a car
a childrens slide

[1 mark]

15.

Batteries convert:
A.
B.
C.
D.

electrical energy to sound energy.

electrical energy to kinetic energy.
chemical energy to kinetic energy.
chemical energy to electrical energy.

[1 mark]

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Which of the following devices converts sound energy to electrical energy?

16.

A.
B.
C.
D.

a drum
an iPod
a microphone
a radio

[1 mark]

17.

What type of heat transfer occurs inside a metal rod with one end placed in a
flame?
A.
B.
C.
D.

convection
radiation
potential
conduction

[1 mark]

18.

What is an example of an energy transformation that produces light but not for us
to see?
A.
B.
C.
D.

a television
a remote control
a glow stick
a torch

[1 mark]

What do we call energy that is waiting to be used?

19.

A.
B.
C.
D.

potential energy
dormant energy
storage energy
sleeping energy

[1 mark]

20.

Sound energy is a type of kinetic or movement energy. This is because:

A.
B.
C.
D.

people want to dance when they hear sounds.

playing a musical instrument involves moving the instrument.
sound is created by vibrations.
loud noises make you jump.

[1 mark]

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Section II: Short answer questions

21.

Why are fluorescent tubes more efficient than incandescent lights?

[1 mark]

22.

Fill in the missing words:

a. Energy can never be created or __________________ but energy can be
____________ from one form to another.
(1 mark)
b. Particles that are moving have _________________ energy. Heat energy is always
transferred from hot objects to _______________ objects.
(1 mark)
c. The 3 methods in which heat energy is transferred are _________________,
_________________ and __________________.

23.

(1 mark)

Describe how a bow and arrow transforms potential energy to kinetic energy.

[2 mark]

24.

What are three types of potential energy? Give an example for each.

[3 mark]

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There are three types of window panels below. Identify the properties of the
window panel and explain their properties in terms of light and colour. Make sure
you use the correct scientific term for the panels properties.
25.

[3 mark]

Some hydroelectric plants works by placing turbines under waterfalls. The

water falls onto a turbine and spins it around, thereby generating electricity. Draw a
flowchart to show how this process works in terms of energy transformation.
26.

[3 mark]

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The image below shows a characteristic of light. Identify what it is and explain
why it happens.
27.

[2 mark]

Calculate the energy efficiency of:

28.

A fan that produces 12 units of energy output for every 20 units of input

[1 mark]

29.

A generator that has an input of 15 units, and an output of 10 units of energy

[1 mark]

30.

A pump with an input of 10 units of energy, and an output of 8 units.

[1 mark]

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