What Is Energy?

Energy is the ability to do work or cause change. Which of the following are examples of energy?

• Light and Sound

• Mass and Volume

• Color and Texture

• Shape and Size

Where do plants get the energy they need?

• From the soil

• From water

• From sunlight

• From air

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Energy is used in various ways in daily life. Which of the following is NOT a common use of energy?

• Cooking food

• Charging electronic devices

• Sleeping

• Heating water

Animals and people get the energy they need from:

• the sun

• food

• water

• air

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Use your textbook to help you fill in the blanks. (a) Energy cannot be _______________ or _______________. It can be _______________ from one form to another. (b) A television is a device that uses _______________ energy. The _______________ energy is transformed into _______________, _______________ and _______________ energy.

• created or destroyed; converted; electrical; electrical; light, sound, and heat

• destroyed or created; transferred; mechanical; mechanical; sound, light, and chemical

• converted or transferred; created; thermal; thermal; light, sound, and electrical

• transferred or converted; destroyed; chemical; chemical; heat, light, and sound

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Energy is the ability to do work or produce change. Which of the following are examples of energy?

• Light and Sound

• Water and Air

• Wood and Metal

• Salt and Sugar

Where do plants get the energy they need?

• sunlight

• water

• soil

• air

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Which of the following are examples of how you use energy in your daily life?

• Using a computer, driving a car, cooking food

• Sleeping, reading a book, walking

• Listening to music, watching TV, taking a shower

• All of the above

Where do animals and people get the energy they need?

• By eating food.

• By drinking water.

• By sleeping.

• By breathing air.

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Use your textbook to help you fill in the blanks. (a) Energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can be transformed from one form to another. (b) A television is a device that uses electrical energy. The electrical energy is transformed into light, heat and sound energy.

• Energy can be created and destroyed.

• Energy can only be transformed into light energy.

• A television only uses sound energy.

• A television is a device that uses electrical energy.

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