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 3 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: Thunder shakes a door, A flashlight lights a card across the room, A battery turns a motor at the end of a circuit, A hot pan warms the handle
By soundBy lightBy heatBy electric current
2.Sort each one: By sound or By light or By heat or By electric current?
Sort: Sunlight warms a dark cloth, A struck tuning fork makes a paper cone buzz, A spoon in hot water warms at the far end, A battery lights a bulb along a wire
By soundBy lightBy heatBy electric current
3.Sort each one: By sound or By light or By heat or By electric current?
Sort: A loudspeaker rattles a window, A radiator warms the air across a room, A solar cell turns a small fan, A switch starts a buzzer across the bench
By soundBy lightBy heatBy electric current
LessonPrint · 4-PS3-2 · Set 3 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Four Ways Energy Travels
Set 3. 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 hot pan warms the handle — By heat 4. Thunder shakes a door — By sound
2.1. A battery lights a bulb along a wire — By electric current 2. A spoon in hot water warms at the far end — By heat 3. A struck tuning fork makes a paper cone buzz — By sound 4. Sunlight warms a dark cloth — By light
3.1. 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
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