Energy Transformations

Can you create energy?

• Yes
• No

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Can you destroy energy?

• Yes
• No

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Water high in the air falls due to gravity, the moving water spins turbines, and they create/store electricity...
Pick the BEST Energy Conversion below for a Hydroelectric Dam.

• Mechanical to Electrical
• Electrical to Mechanical to Thermal
• Potential to Kinetic to Electrical
• Kinetic to Mechanical to Electrical

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Which location will a pendulum have the most kinetic energy?

• the left side

• the right side

• The center/middle

• either the right or left side

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What energy transformation occurs as bioluminescent algae glow in the ocean?

• Radiant --> Chemical

• Thermal --> Radiant

• Chemical --> Radiant

• Thermal --> Chemical

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What energy transformations take place when a battery-operated radio is in use?

• Electrical to chemical to light
• Sound to chemical to mechanical
• Chemical to electrical to sound
• Light to electrical to thermal

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Which of the following best describes the energy transformations that occur when a flashlight that runs on batteries is turned on?

• chemical to mechanical to electrical to radiant

• radiant to electrical to sound

• chemical to radiant to mechanical to electrical

• electric to radiant to chemical

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The picture shows a microwave oven. As a microwave oven is operated, electrical energy is transformed into all of the following types of energy EXCEPT —

• solar
• light
• thermal
• mechanical

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On a roller coaster, where is maximum kinetic energy?

• At the bottom of a big hill
• When going around a corner
• When going upside down
• At the top of a big hill

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According to the Law of Conservation of Energy, energy cannot be _________ or ____________. 

• destroyed, destroyed
• created, saved
• created, destroyed
• lost, found

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