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This quiz contains 5 questions from a mix of 1 subtopics.

Which two of the following are false?

Energy can be transferred

Energy can be stored

Energy can be dissipated

Energy can be destroyed 

Energy can be created

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Illustration showing dissipated energy with symbols for heat, light, and sound.

What happens to 'dissipated' energy?

Is it destroyed
It is transferred to useful stores
It is lost to the surroundings

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Open vs closed systems


An open system exchange energy and matter with its surroundings. A closed system exchange energy or matter with the surroundings.

can
cannot

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As a bowl of hot porridge cools down, what happens to the energy in its thermal energy store? 

It is transferred to gravitational potential energy

It is transferred to the surroundings
It is destroyed

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What is the main energy transfer of a marathon runner?

Chemical energy ➔ kinetic energy

Gravitational potential energy ➔ kinetic energy

Elastic potential energy ➔ chemical energy

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Not all of the chemical energy from the runner's cells would be converted to kinetic energy, which other form is it most likely to be converted to?

Nuclear energy 

Thermal energy 

Magnetic energy

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