Year 7
Energy stores and transfers
Describe energy stores and pathways and give examples.
Year 7
Energy stores and transfers
Describe energy stores and pathways and give examples.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Name the main energy stores and give examples
- Describe energy transfers and identify pathways in examples
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6 Questions
Q1.
How can energy be described?
Energy cannot be transferred.
Energy is measured in kilograms (kg).
Energy is only found in moving objects.
Q2.
What happens to the amount of energy stored in water when it is heated by a kettle?
It decreases.
It doesn't have any energy.
It stays the same.
Q3.
What happens to the energy stored in an apple when it is eaten?
It is destroyed.
The apple doesn't have any energy.
The energy stays in the apple.
Q4.
Which of these objects stores the largest amount of energy?
a car driving on the motorway
a hot cup of tea
a lightbulb
Q5.
What form of energy will a stretched rubber band store?
chemical energy
gravitational potential energy
nucleur energy
Q6.
Energy is ______________ energy stores.
destroyed by
used up in
6 Questions
Q1.
Match the energy stores with their correct descriptions.
stored in moving objects
stored in foods, fuels or batteries
stored in stretched objects
Q2.
Match the energy stores with their correct descriptions.
stored in objects off the ground
involves splitting or fusing atoms
stored as heat
Q3.
Which energy transfer takes place when a forklift picks up a crate?
electrical
heating
radiation
Q4.
Which energy transfer takes place when a circuit is switched on?
heating
mechanical
radiation
Q5.
Put these energy stores and transfers in the correct order to describe the energy pathway of a cyclist during a race.
Q6.
Put these energy stores and transfers in the correct order to describe the energy pathway of a ball rolling down a hill.