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Energy Studyguide 2015 2016

This document is an 8th grade science study guide about energy. It contains 27 multiple choice and short answer questions about various energy transformations and transfers. The questions cover topics like the different types of energy (chemical, mechanical, thermal, light, etc.), energy transformations that occur in common devices, potential and kinetic energy, and the three methods of heat transfer (conduction, convection, and radiation). Students are asked to identify energy forms, transformations, and transfers in diagrams, everyday examples, and descriptions of systems involving energy changes.

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Energy Studyguide 2015 2016

This document is an 8th grade science study guide about energy. It contains 27 multiple choice and short answer questions about various energy transformations and transfers. The questions cover topics like the different types of energy (chemical, mechanical, thermal, light, etc.), energy transformations that occur in common devices, potential and kinetic energy, and the three methods of heat transfer (conduction, convection, and radiation). Students are asked to identify energy forms, transformations, and transfers in diagrams, everyday examples, and descriptions of systems involving energy changes.

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8th Science Energy Study Guide

Name _____________________ Date ___ Period __

1. An engine converts 95% of its energy to mechanical energy. What happens to the other 5% of its
energy? (S8P2a)
2. The diagram to the right shows a hydroelectric power
plant. (S8P2a, c)
(a) Identify the type of energy of the water behind
the dam.

(b) When the water flows past the turbine, as


shown in the diagram, the energy of the water
behind the dam changes to what type of energy?

Identify the energy transformations in the following: (S8P2a,c)

3. Toaster

6. Windmill

4. Flashlight

7. Lightbulb

5. Circuit

8th Science Energy Study Guide

Name _____________________ Date ___ Period __

8. When a match is lit, energy transforms from chemical energy to thermal (heat) energy and light
energy. Describe the changes in the chemical, thermal, and light energy of the lit match. (S8P2a,c)

9. Look at the two diagrams


to the right. What type
of energy transformation
is occurring in both
diagrams? (S8P2a,c)

10. Which form of energy is given off by the vibrating strings on the banjo shown
in the diagram? (S8P2c)

11. Enriques soccer coach told him to eat a good breakfast Saturday morning in order to have plenty
of energy for the soccer game. To which transformation of energy is Enriques coach referring? (S8P2c)

12. Identify the type of Energy shown in the diagram. (S8P2c)

13. Which of these has kinetic energy? Explain. (S8P2b)

14. Identify an example of chemical potential energy. (S8P2b)

8th Science Energy Study Guide

Name _____________________ Date ___ Period __

15. The diagram to the right shows the gear of a


bicycle. Which form of energy is shown? (S8P2c)

16. The image to the right shows a train traveling from a


starting point at the top of the hill. What type of energy
change is occurring in the image to the right? (S8P2b)

17. Identify whether the following is an example of kinetic energy or potential energy: (S8P2b)
a. throwing a ball

d. water behind a dam

b. gasoline in a car

e. a peanut butter sandwich

c. hitting a tennis ball

f. a falling rock

A diagram of a student on a playground swing is shown to


the right. (S8P2b)
18. At which point is the kinetic energy the greatest?

19. At which point is the potential energy the greatest?

20. Explain what happens to the potential and kinetic


energy as the student swings.

21. Why does heat convection only occur in gases and liquids? (S8P2d)

22. Describe the relationship between radiation, thermal energy, and electromagnetic waves. (S8P2d)

8th Science Energy Study Guide

Name _____________________ Date ___ Period __

A student is investigating potential and kinetic energy by stretching a spring. When the student lets go,
the spring recoils.

23. Explain at which time the potential energy in the spring is being converted into kinetic energy in
this system. (S8P2b)

24. The diagram to the right shows a radiator heating the air
surrounding it. Explain what type of heat transfer is occurring. (S8P2d)

A teacher put one test tube of 50C liquid and one test tube of 10C
liquid into a 20C water bath, as shown in the diagram to the right.
25. Explain what will happen to the liquids in the test tubes. (S8P2d)

26. When the Bunsen burner is on, as shown in the diagram to the
right, the paper string will spin. Explain what causes the paper
to spin. (S8P2d)

27. Identify the types of


Energy transfer shown
in the diagram to the
right. (S8P2d)

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