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Energy moves by sound, light, heat and electric current

4th grade (Year 5 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.4-PS3-2 · England: KS3 Physics: Energy (energy changes and transfers)

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Question 1
How is energy moving here: a battery powering a torch bulb?
- A. light
- B. sound
- C. heat
- D. electric current
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Question 2
True or false? Electric current carries energy through wires.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 3
An electric car is plugged in overnight. What is being transferred into its battery?
- A. petrol (gasoline)
- B. light from the street lamps
- C. energy, by an electric current
- D. sound from the cable
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Question 4
How is energy moving here: thunder rumbling?
- A. light
- B. sound
- C. heat
- D. electric current
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Question 5
True or false? Heat moves from cold things to hot things.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 6
Why does a spoon left in hot soup get hot all the way up the handle?
- A. The spoon makes heat.
- B. Heat moves through the metal from the hot end to the cooler end.
- C. Light from the soup warms it.
- D. Cold moves into the soup.
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Question 7
How is energy moving here: a hot drink warming your hands?
- A. light
- B. sound
- C. heat
- D. electric current
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Question 8
True or false? Heat moves from cold things to hot things.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 9
A loud firework explodes. Which ways is energy transferred?
- A. no energy is transferred
- B. light, sound and heat
- C. only electric current
- D. only sound
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Question 10
How is energy moving here: a torch (flashlight) beam?
- A. light
- B. sound
- C. heat
- D. electric current
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Question 11
True or false? Heat moves from cold things to hot things.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 12
A loud firework explodes. Which ways is energy transferred?
- A. no energy is transferred
- B. light, sound and heat
- C. only sound
- D. only electric current
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Question 13
How is energy moving here: a torch (flashlight) beam?
- A. light
- B. sound
- C. heat
- D. electric current
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Question 14
True or false? Electric current carries energy through wires.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 15
Why does a spoon left in hot soup get hot all the way up the handle?
- A. Cold moves into the soup.
- B. Heat moves through the metal from the hot end to the cooler end.
- C. Light from the soup warms it.
- D. The spoon makes heat.
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Question 16
How is energy moving here: a hot drink warming your hands?
- A. light
- B. sound
- C. heat
- D. electric current

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