This Grade 4 Science worksheet focuses on how energy transfers from one place to another by contact, waves, and electric currents. Nine fill-in questions cover key terms like conduction, current, circuit, and waves. A four-pair matching activity links familiar examples, including a hot pan, the Sun, a battery, and a drum, to the type of transfer involved. Hints and answers help Grade 4 students master energy transfer concepts.
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Energy: Forms and Transfer
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. When a hot pan warms your hand, energy moves by direct contact between the two objects.
2. Energy from the Sun reaches Earth as light waves that travel through space.
3. Energy that flows through a wire from a battery is called an electric current.
4. When metal touches metal and heat moves between them, this transfer is called conduction.
5. Sound energy travels from a drum to your ear as a wave.
6. A circuit must form a complete loop for electrical energy to flow.
7. When you rub your hands together quickly, friction transfers motion energy into heat energy.
8. A wave that carries energy through water without moving the water far is called a water wave.
9. Energy can be transferred but it cannot be destroyed, only changed in form.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
Hot pan warming your hand
→ Transfer by contact (conduction)
Transfer by contact (conduction)
Sun heating the Earth
→ Transfer by light waves (radiation)
Transfer by light waves (radiation)
Battery lighting a bulb
→ Transfer by electric current
Transfer by electric current
Drum sending sound to your ear
→ Transfer by sound waves
Transfer by sound waves
Energy: Forms and Transfer
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) When a hot pan warms your hand, energy moves by direct contact between the two objects.
2) Energy from the Sun reaches Earth as light waves that travel through space.
3) Energy that flows through a wire from a battery is called an electric current.
4) When metal touches metal and heat moves between them, this transfer is called conduction.
5) Sound energy travels from a drum to your ear as a wave.
6) A circuit must form a complete loop for electrical energy to flow.
7) When you rub your hands together quickly, friction transfers motion energy into heat energy.
8) A wave that carries energy through water without moving the water far is called a water wave.
9) Energy can be transferred but it cannot be destroyed, only changed in form.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
Hot pan warming your hand
→ Transfer by contact (conduction)
Transfer by contact (conduction)
Sun heating the Earth
→ Transfer by light waves (radiation)
Transfer by light waves (radiation)
Battery lighting a bulb
→ Transfer by electric current
Transfer by electric current
Drum sending sound to your ear
→ Transfer by sound waves
Transfer by sound waves
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