Four Ways Energy Travels is a free printable Grade 4 science worksheet on evidence that energy is transferred by sound, light, heat and electric current, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 4-PS3-2. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 12 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Four Ways Energy Travels
4-PS3-2
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Sort each one into how the energy traveled.
1.Sort each one: By sound or By light or By heat or By electric current?
Sort: A spoon in hot water warms at the far end, A flashlight lights a card across the room, A struck tuning fork makes a paper cone buzz, A battery turns a motor at the end of a circuit
By soundBy lightBy heatBy electric current
2.Sort each one: By sound or By light or By heat or By electric current?
Sort: A switch starts a buzzer across the bench, A radiator warms the air across a room, A solar cell turns a small fan, A loudspeaker rattles a window
By soundBy lightBy heatBy electric current
3.Sort each one: By sound or By light or By heat or By electric current?
Sort: Sunlight warms a dark cloth, A battery lights a bulb along a wire, Thunder shakes a door, A hot pan warms the handle
By soundBy lightBy heatBy electric current
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Answer key — Four Ways Energy Travels
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A battery turns a motor at the end of a circuit — By electric current 2. A flashlight lights a card across the room — By light 3. A spoon in hot water warms at the far end — By heat 4. A struck tuning fork makes a paper cone buzz — By sound
2.1. A loudspeaker rattles a window — By sound 2. A radiator warms the air across a room — By heat 3. A solar cell turns a small fan — By light 4. A switch starts a buzzer across the bench — By electric current
3.1. A battery lights a bulb along a wire — By electric current 2. A hot pan warms the handle — By heat 3. Sunlight warms a dark cloth — By light 4. Thunder shakes a door — By sound
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