Energy Transfer

True or False. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, rather it is transformed from one energy type to another.

• True

• False

What form of energy transfer is most likely responsible when your clothes dryer dries your clothes?

• Potential to Chemical to Nuclear
• Kinetic to Thermal to Light
• Chemical to Mechanical to Electrical
• Electrical to Mechanical to Thermal

What type of energy transfer is most likely responsible when a plant converts the suns energy into food?

• Chemical to Solar
• Solar to chemical
• Light to electrical
• Electrical to chemical

What form of energy is also described as "energy of motion"?

• Potential
• Mechanical
• Kinetic
• Electrical

"Stored energy" is another way of describing what energy type?

• Potential
• Electrical
• Kinetic
• Mechanical

Global warming is known as the gradual increase in _________________ of the atmosphere.

• precipitation

• sun spots

• temperature

• ocean currents

Possible human solutions for limiting global warming and climate change are...

• being more energy-efficient

• using renewable sources of energy

• removing carbon from fossil fuel emissions

• all of the above

What type of energy is in this picture?

• Kinetic
• Potential
• Chemical
• Sound

A battery converts what type of energy to another?

• sound to kinetic
• light to heat
• mechanical to electrical
• chemical to electrical

The glow sticks produce light for a short amount of time. The light from the glow stick is a conversion from what to what?

• thermal to light
• gravitational to potential
• radiant to electrical
• chemical to light