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"INTRODUCTION TO ENERGY" WORKSHEET

Name_____________________________

Date ____Day 1___

Part 1. The two basic types of energy

Directions: Determine the best match between basic types of energy and the description provided. Put the correct

letter in the blank.

______1. A skier at the top of the mountain

(a) Kinetic Energy

______2. Gasoline in a storage tank

(b) Potential Energy

______3. A race-car traveling at its maximum speed

_____4. Water flowing from a waterfall before it hits the pond below

______5. A spring in a pinball machine before it is released

______6. A match burning

Part 2. Potential Energy. Directions: Underline the situation in each pair that has the greater amount of potential energy.

1. A stretched or unstretched spring? 2. A ticking or newly wound-up clock? 3. A new battery in an unlit flashlight or in one which is lit? 4. A roller coaster car at the top of a hill or at the bottom? 5. A match before it is lit or a match while it is burning?

Part 3. Kinetic energy. Directions: Underline the situation in each pair that has the greater amount of kinetic energy.

1. A pole vaulter before jumping or in mid-air at the top of his jump? 2. A bowling ball when your arm is all the way back or as it hits the pins? 3. A baseball bat just before it is swung or right after it is swung? 4. You before you get out of bed in the morning or you when you go to bed at night? 5. A match before it is lit or a match while it is burning?

Part 4. Energy transfer Directions: Write the prefix exo or endo on the space provided to describe the changes below. ____ ____ 1. The melting of candle wax

____ ______ 2. The burning of gasoline to produce carbon dioxide and water

____ ______ 3. The condensation of water into a liquid

____ ____ 4. Getting a suntan

____ ____ 5. Metabolism

____ ____ 6. Photosynthesis

7. In the margin of each situation above (part 4 only), place a "C" if the change was chemical and a "P" if the change was physical.

"INTRODUCTION TO ENERGY" WORKSHEET 2

Name_____________________________ Date ____Day 2___

Part 5. Forms of Energy Continued Directions: Match the energy form(s) to the description provided. A few questions may have more than one answer.

_____________1. Falling rocks from the top of a mountain _____________2. Release of energy from the Sun _____________3. Energy used to throw a baseball _____________4. Batteries _____________5. The energy that runs a refrigerator _____________6. Nuclear fission reactors _____________7. The rumble of thunder from a storm _____________8. Food before it is eaten

(a) Mechanical (b) Electrical (c) Heat (d) Radiant (e) Chemical (f) Nuclear (g) Sound

Part 6. Transformation of Energy

Directions: Use the following forms of energy to fill in the table below: mechanical, electrical, heat, radiant,

chemical, nuclear, and sound. The first one has been done for you.

ORIGINAL ENERGY FINAL ENERGY

FORM

FORM

1. Electric motor

electrical

mechanical

2. A battery that runs a moving toy

3. A solar panel on the roof of a house

4. A nuclear power plant

5. Gasoline powering a car

6. A light bulb

7. Photosynthesis

Physical Science Date ____________________________ Name ______________________Day 2___

Energy Crossword Day 2

Across 4. unit for energy 6. the rate of doing work 8. energy associated with heat 9. energy used or produced by mechanized devices 11. thermal energy transferred from a hot object to a

cold object 12. energy produced by the decay of the nuclei of

atoms 13. you can't get something for nothing 14. the ability to do work 15. energy is neither created nor destroyed, only

changed in form

16. what you buy energy in 17. energy stored in springs

Down 1. a force exerted through a distance 2. you can't even break even 3. energy due to position 5. energy of motion 7. the unit of power 10. energy released in chemical reactions 14. energy produced by moving electrons

Physical Science Date ____________________________ Name _________Day 3_______________

Energy Double Puzzle

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