Energy Transformations

What do sound energy, radiant energy, and thermal energy all have in common?

• They're all forms of kinetic energy

• They're all made of similar atoms and molecules

• They're all made by plants during photosynthesis

• All of these choices

Can you create energy?

• Yes
• No

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Can you destroy energy?

• Yes
• No

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What is produced during ALL energy transformations?

• Sound Energy
• Mechanical Energy
• Thermal Energy
• Chemical Energy

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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 choice below is most like a pendulum, for demonstrating Potential and Kinetic Energy?

• Roller Coaster

• Kicking a Soccer Ball

• A Water Slide

• A Swing Set

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Making a Fruit Smoothie is YUMMY!
Plug a Blender into the wall outlet, and you're ready to go. 
Which choice below BEST shows the energy transformation of making a smoothie?

• Electrical to Kinetic
• Electrical to Chemical
• Mechanical to Sound
• Kinetic to Thermal

If you drop a basketball, it will bounce, and then roll, and finally stop.
Why won't a basketball bounce forever?

• The ball weighs too much, and that makes it stop.
• Gravity pulls the ball down more than the ball can bounce.
• It's Potential Energy gets destroyed as it bounces.
• It's energy is transformed into other types of energy.

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A Steam Locomotive uses wood or coal, to create steam from water. This steam moves pistons, and thus, the train. Choose the best energy transformation below for a steam locomotive.

• Thermal --> Mechanical --> Chemical (plus heat)

• Chemical --> Thermal --> Mechanical (plus heat)

• Mechanical --> Chemical --> Thermal (plus heat)

• Electrical -> Chemical --> Thermal (plus heat)

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Turning on a light is most like which energy transformation below?

• Chemical to Electrical to Thermal to Light

• Chemical to Electrical to Light (plus thermal)

• Mechanical to Electrical to Light (plus thermal)

• Electrical to Chemical to light (plus thermal)

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