Name __________________________________ Date ___________________________ Class _____

Multiple
Energy Short Answer
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Choice
Directions: Answer each of the following short answer
Short
questions to the best of your ability. Be sure to answer
______/18
Answer
all parts of each question. Use the grading chart to
help guide your answer. The short answer part of this
Total
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test is worth 18 points. Good luck!
Score
0
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 its 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 shes 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: __________________________

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
Total
Energy

Time
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
Material
Material
Material

1
2
3
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 balls kinetic energy K as a function of time t?