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Energy

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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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energy 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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Fun and Crossword Puzzle!


Games
Complete the crossword puzzle using the clues given below.

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]

c. Name two forms of energy that the pebble flying Hint:


through the air possesses. [2 marks] What form of energy does a
moving object have? What form
of energy does it have due to its
position above the ground?

d. When will the pebble have neither of the two forms of energy mentioned
in ‘c’? [1 mark]

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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.

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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.

Light energy, electrical energy, Gravitational potential energy,

heat energy kinetic energy

Heat energy, chemical potential Elastic potential energy

energy, light energy

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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

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Gravitational potential Kinetic
energy energy

Gravitational potential Kinetic


energy energy

Chemical potential Heat


energy energy

Solar Electrical Kinetic


energy energy energy

Kinetic Electrical
energy energy

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Consolidation Worksheet Fun and Crossword Puzzle!


3 Games
What Is Energy Conservation? Complete the crossword puzzle using the clues given below.
Suggest how energy can be conserved in each of the scenarios below by writing 1
your answers in the blanks. E
2
L I G H T
3

Additional Teacher’s Resources


Min should wait for the washing machine to have a full C A
4
load before starting the washing machine to conserve H S E
5
P O T E N T I A L
electricity.
M I E
6
H I C C
7
K I N E T I C T
A A R
Ari should turn off the television if no one is
T L I
watching it.
C
A
8
G R A V I T A T I O N A L

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.

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Energy

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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.

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a. What form of energy does the stretched rubber band have? [1 mark]
Elastic potential energy

b. How can Ari increase the amount of energy mentioned in ‘a’? [1 mark]
He can stretch the rubber band more.

c. Name two forms of energy that the pebble flying Hint:


through the air possesses. [2 marks] What form of energy does a
moving object have? What form
Kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy. of energy does it have due to its
position above the ground?

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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Energy
Glossary
Chapter 2:
Energy

Chemical potential The type of energy stored in chemical substances such as


energy foods, batteries and fuels

Elastic potential The type of energy stored in elastic objects when they are
Chapter 2

energy stretched

Electrical energy A form of energy that allows electrical equipment to work

Energy The ability to do work

Energy conservation Making wise choices in order to save energy

Energy conversion The change of energy from one form to another

Fuels Materials that burn to give off heat and light. They have chemical
potential energy

Gravitational The type of energy stored when an object is positioned


potential energy above the ground

Heat energy A form of energy that makes us feel warm

Kinetic energy Energy stored in moving objects

Light energy A form of energy that helps us to see

Potential energy Energy stored in a body

Sound energy A form of energy that allows us to hear

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