Energy Transformations

What best describes the energy conversion that takes place in a microwave oven?

• electrical to radiant to thermal

• chemical to thermal to radiant

• electrical to thermal to sound

• nuclear to thermal to chemical

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What kind of energy transformation takes place in this system?

• chemical to electrical to radiant

• electrical to chemical to radiant

• electrical to radiant to chemical

• radiant to chemical to electrical

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The roller coaster cart has the most gravitational potential energy at position-

• W
• X
• Y
• Z

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Which of the following transforms chemical energy to sound and radiant energy?

• solar calculator
• windmill
• glow stick
• firecracker

Energy from light waves.

• Radiant Energy 
• Chemical Energy 
• Nuclear Energy 
• Radiation 

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Name the energy transformations taking place when you plug in a lamp and turn it on. 

• Mechanical to electrical
• Electric to radiant
• Chemical to mechanical to thermal

Which of these is an example of light energy being transformed into chemical energy?

• A glow stick lights up when broken.
• Water heated by the sun evaporates.
• A plant makes sugar in the sunlight.
• A battery causes a buzzer to vibrate.

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A television works by transforming electrical energy into what other kinds of energy? 

• light, thermal and sound 
• thermal, chemical and solar 
• sound, mechanical and electrical 
• light, chemical and mechanical 

Energy of motion is which type of energy?

• Potential
• Kinetic
• Sound
• Gravitational

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What type of energy is in this picture?

• Kinetic
• Potential
• Chemical
• Sound

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