Name: ______________________________ ( ) Class: ______ Date: ___________
Grade 6 Science
Concept check - Energy 20
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Section A: Multiple Choice Questions (4 Marks)
5 marks
Write your answers in the boxes below.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
1. Which of the following objects has kinetic energy?
A a book on a shelf placed at a height
B a bowl of rice
C a moving car
D a stretched rubber band
2. Which of the following is not a type of potential energy?
A chemical potential energy
B elastic potential energy
C gravitational potential energy
D sound potential energy
3. Which of the following is the correct definition of energy?
A Energy is the ability to do work.
B Energy makes you work.
C Energy is the ability to gain power.
D Energy is the ability to gain strength.
4. Which of the following correctly matches the events to the energy conversion?
Event Energy Conversion
A Making a pot of water hot Heat energy à sound energy
B Switching on the ceiling lights Kinetic energy à light energy
C Dropping a stone from third floor Kinetic energy à potential energy
D Rubbing two palms vigorously Kinetic energy à heat energy
together
Section B: Short-structured questions (16 Marks)
30 marks)
Write your answers in the spaces below.
1. Fill in the blanks to explain the law of conservation of energy. [3]
Energy cannot be ______________________ or _________________________.
Energy can only be _____________________ from one form to another form.
2. Describe the energy conversion for the following: [8]
(i) Listening to music on a iPad.
(ii) A coconut falling to the ground.
(iii) A stretched bow that shoots an arrow.
(iv) An electric kettle used to heat water.
3. Study the graph carefully. It shows how much energy it takes to travel 3 kilometres using
different types of transport.
Now answer the questions given below. [5]
(a) Which type of transport uses least energy? ____________________
(b) Which type of transport uses most energy? ____________________
(c) What type of fuel would be used by the bus?____________________
(d) Why does cycling use less energy than walking?
___________________________________________________________________
(e) Which wastes more energy - a bus or a car? Give a reason for your answer.
___________________________________________________________________
413 For
(a) Look at the energy transfer diagram. Examiner’s
Use
(i) What is the energy input? [1]
Circle the correct answer.
electrical kinetic light magnetic sound
(ii) What are the two energy outputs? [2]
Circle the correct answers.
chemical electrical light sound thermal
(b) The figure below shows a Sankey diagram for the above light bulb.
(i) What does the symbol J stand for? [1]
……………………………………………………………………………...
(ii) From the above diagram, calculate the heat energy? [1]
……………………………………………………………………………...
(iii)Fill in the blanks to state the law of conservation of energy based on [2]
the above Sankey diagram.
Energy cannot be …………………. or …………………….. . It can
only be ………………………….. from one form to another form.
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514 The figure below shows a damn created to generate hydroelectricity by using For
Examiner’s
stored water to turn the turbines connected to generators. Use
(a) Would you consider this method of generating electricity a renewable or [2]
non-renewable source of energy? Explain your answer.
……………………………………………………………………………….…
…………………………………………….……………………………………
(b) State one advantage and one disadvantage of using this method to [2]
generate electricity.
Advantage: ……………………………………………………………………
Disadvantage: ………………………………………………………………..
(c) State the energy conversions that take place in a hydroelectric power [3]
plant.
Water stored behind the dam
Movement of water causing rotation of the turbine
Generation of electricity
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