Energy and Energy Transformations

What is an example of Radiant energy?

• Electromagnetic waves
• Burning Logs
• Vibrations
• Gravitational potential

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Kinetic energy is energy due to...

• interactions between objects or particles
• motion
• elasticity
• mass

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Potential energy is energy that is...

• stored
• already used
• being used currently
• never going to be used

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What is energy?

• the ability to cause change
• the ability to resist change
• the ability to lack change
• the ability to 

Which of the following energy transformations occur when a lamp that is plugged into a wall socket is functioning correctly?

• Chemical to light
• Electrical to chemical
• Electrical to light
• Chemical to electrical

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

Which of the following devices transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy?

• An e-reader
• a fan
• a manual pencil sharpener
• ipod

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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Turning on a lamp is an example of energy transformation from electrical to 3 forms of energy. Which of these is NOT created by the lamp?

• radiant
• light
• heat
• chemical