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Consolidation Worksheet 1
What Is Energy? / What Are the Different
Forms of Energy?
1. What is energy?
2. What are the different forms of energy illustrated in each of the pictures
below? Write your answers under each picture.
There may be more than one form of energy illustrated in each picture.
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Consolidation Worksheet 2
What Is Energy Conversion?
Study the pictures below and state the energy conversions that are taking place.
energy energy
energy energy
energy energy
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Consolidation Worksheet 3
What Is Energy Conservation?
Suggest how energy can be conserved in each of the scenarios below by writing
your answers in the blanks.
Min should
Ari should
Rita should
Tom should
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Across:
2. Plants need energy to make food.
5. A stretched rubber band has elastic energy.
7. The amount of energy an object has depends on its speed and mass.
8. The higher an object is from the ground, the greater the amount of
potential energy it has.
Down:
1. Objects that can be stretched and compressed can possess
potential energy.
3. The food we eat and the batteries we use both have energy.
4. Overhead or underground cables help transport energy.
6. energy causes cement to dry.
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Exam Practice
Process skills: Observing, Analysing
Ari used a slingshot to shoot a pebble through the air as shown below. Study the
pictures carefully and answer the questions that follow.
a. What form of energy does the stretched rubber band have? [1 mark]
b. How can Ari increase the amount of energy mentioned in ‘a’? [1 mark]
d. When will the pebble have neither of the two forms of energy mentioned
in ‘c’? [1 mark]
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Chapter 2
Energy
Consolidation Worksheet 1
What Is Energy? / What Are the Different
Forms of Energy?
1. What is energy?
Chemical potential energy Kinetic energy, sound energy
Energy is the ability to do work.
There may be more than one form of energy illustrated in each picture.
Consolidation Worksheet 2
What Is Energy Conversion?
Study the pictures below and state the energy conversions that are taking place.
Elastic potential Kinetic
energy energy
Kinetic Electrical
energy energy
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Chapter 2
Energy Energy
Rita should turn off the lights and fan before leaving Across:
the room. 2. Plants need energy to make food.
5. A stretched rubber band has elastic energy.
7. The amount of energy an object has depends on its speed and mass.
8. The higher an object is from the ground, the greater the amount of
potential energy it has.
Down:
Tom should shut the door to stop the air-conditioned 1. Objects that can be stretched and compressed can possess
potential energy.
air from escaping and reduce the amount of heat that 3. The food we eat and the batteries we use both have energy.
is entering the room. 4. Overhead or underground cables help transport energy.
6. energy causes cement to dry.
Exam Practice
Process skills: Observing, Analysing
Ari used a slingshot to shoot a pebble through the air as shown below. Study the
pictures carefully and answer the questions that follow.
b. How can Ari increase the amount of energy mentioned in ‘a’? [1 mark]
He can stretch the rubber band more.
d. When will the pebble have neither of the two forms of energy mentioned
in ‘c’? [1 mark]
When it reaches the ground.
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Glossary
Chapter 2:
Energy
Elastic potential The type of energy stored in elastic objects when they are
Chapter 2
energy stretched
Fuels Materials that burn to give off heat and light. They have chemical
potential energy