Energy and Energy Conversion

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What type of energy do plants convert from the sun to make food?

Back

Radiant energy.

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What is the energy transformation in a toaster?

Back

Electrical energy is converted to thermal energy and light energy.

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What energy conversion occurs when you turn on a hair dryer?

Back

Electric energy is converted to kinetic energy, thermal energy, and sound.

Front

Is energy destroyed when a roller coaster stops?

Back

False. Energy is not destroyed; it is transformed.

Front

What energy conversion happens when a frog eats an insect and hops?

Back

Chemical energy is converted to mechanical energy.

Front

Define energy conversion.

Back

The process of changing energy from one form to another.

Front

What is radiant energy?

Back

Energy that travels in waves, such as light from the sun.

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What is thermal energy?

Back

Energy that comes from the temperature of matter; it is the total energy of all the particles in an object.

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What is kinetic energy?

Back

The energy of an object in motion.

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What is potential energy?

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The stored energy of an object due to its position or state.