Energy Transformations
(Multiple Choice)
Types of Energy
(Multiple Choice)
Phase changes
(Multiple Choice)
Thermal Energy Transfer
(Traditional Jeopardy)
Vocabulary
(Traditional Jeopardy)
100

A television transforms electrical energy into _______ energy.

a) thermal/heat             b) sound

c) light                          d) all of the above

d) all of the above

100

A flashlight transforms chemical energy into electrical energy into _______ energy.

a) light

b) potential

c) sound

a) light

100

Which phase change happens when you put an ice tray in the freezer?

a) liquid to solid

b) liquid to gas

c) gas to solid



a) liquid to solid


100

Thermal energy transfer in liquids and gasses in a circular pattern: heat rises and cold sinks. 

What is convection?

100

Motion energy

What is mechanical or kinetic energy?

200

A flashlight transforms chemical energy (batteries) into electrical energy and then _________ energy. 

a) sound

b) light

c) potential

b) light


200

This squirrel transforms chemical energy (food) into ________ energy.


a) light

b) potential

c) kinetic

c) mechanical/kinetic

200

You leave a glass of water by your bed overnight, and the level drops. Where did it go?

a) gas changed to liquid: condensation

b) liquid turned to gas: evaporation

c) liquid turned to solid: freezing



b) liquid turned to gas: evaporation


200

Thermal energy transfer when water boils. 


What is convection?

200

Thermal energy transfer through direct contact


What is conduction?


300

Which energy transformation shows a windmill powering a lamp in your house?

a) mechanical > electrical > light

b) wind > sound > thermal/heat

c) electrical > thermal > mechanical

d) pineapple


a) mechanical > electrical > light

300

A windmill transforms mechanical/kinetic energy into ________ energy.

a) electrical

b) sound

c) nuclear

a) electrical

300

Which phase change is happening in this picture?

a) gas to liquid

b) liquid to gas

c) solid to liquid


c) solid to liquid


300

Thermal energy transfer through solid matter and contact, with particles colliding and motion increasing throughout the substance.

What is conduction?

300

Thermal energy transfer in liquids and gasses in which the heat rises and the cold sinks


What is convection?



400

When thermal energy increases, particle motion ___________ and they collide more.

a) increases

b) decreases

c) stays the same

a) increases

400

Sunlight brings both _________ energy and _______ energy to the earth.

a) sound, potential

b) light/solar, chemical

c) light/solar, thermal/heat


c) light/solar, thermal/heat

400

Which phase change is represented by the picture below?

a) liquid to gas: evaporation

b) gas to liquid: condensation

c) solid to liquid: melting



b) gas to liquid: condensation


400

Waves of thermal energy spreading from one object to another (not touching)

What is radiation?

400

Thermal energy transfer in which thermal energy spreads through waves to another object.


What is radiation?


500

Which main energy transformation happens when you drive a gas-powered car? 

a) light/solar to sound

b) electrical to chemical

c) chemical to mechanical

c) chemical to mechanical


500

Thermal, light, sound, electrical, and mechanical energy are all types of ____________ energy.

a) kinetic

b) potential

c) nuclear

a) kinetic

500

To change a solid into a liquid, what needs to be added to the system?

a) thermometer

b) sugar

c) heat

d) pineapple



c) heat


500

Thermal energy transfer when you are warmed by a campfire.


What is radiation?

500

Liquid is heated and turns into gas

What is evaporation?



600

In which direction does thermal energy transfer?

a) from cold to hot

b) from hot to cold

c) it depends 

b) from hot to cold

600

Motion or movement energy is also called ______________ energy.

a) mechanical

b) potential

c) light

a) mechanical


600

Heat is added to a solid. The temperature stays steady, and then suddenly goes up. What probably just happened?

a) it finally got hot

b) it turned into gas and evaporated

c) it melted into a liquid


c) it melted into a liquid

600

Thermal energy transfer when you burn your hand on the handle of a metal pot.


What is conduction?

600

Gas is cooled down and turns into liquid

What is condensation?