Energy Transformation

Which of the following shows an energy transformation from chemical energy to electrical to light energy?

• A bolt of lightning lights the night sky.
• A candle glows brightly in the dark.
• A fire in a fireplace lights up a room.
• A battery causes a flashlight to shine.

People get energy from the food that they eat and transform that energy as they move. Which energy transformations occur as a student rapidly rubs the palms of his hands together?

• mechanical to thermal to electrical
• chemical to mechanical to thermal
• mechanical to chemical to sound
• chemical to sound to electrical

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which of the following shows the correct order of the energy transformations that occur when green plants produce their food from the Sun’s energy?

• chemical to thermal
• light to chemical
• thermal to light
• chemical to electrical

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

When plants convert the sun's energy into food, which type of energy is it?

• kinetic
• chemical
• thermal
• radiant

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

What kind of energy is represented in this picture?

• Thermal
• Potential
• Nuclear
• Mechanical

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What kind of energy is represented in the picture?

• Thermal
• Chemical
• Sound
• Nuclear

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Energy caused by the movement in the particles of matter. It is a form of kinetic energy.

• Nuclear energy
• Sound energy
• Light energy
• Thermal energy

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Plants make food through a process called photosynthesis. What energy transformation takes place during this process?

• solar to electrical
• solar to mechanical
• solar to chemical

Heat is the transfer of ___________ energy.

• chemical
• electrical
• thermal 

Photosynthesis is a process converting _______ energy to ______ energy.

• radiant to chemical

• thermal to radiant

• mechanical to chemical

• chemical to mechanical