Energy Transformation

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

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

If a Lion ate a gazelle what kind of energy is being transferred?

• Mechanical

• Chemical

• Electrical

• Thermal

What type of energy transformation occurs, when a hawk eats a mouse and then uses the energy from the mouse to fly?

• mechanical energy to chemical energy

• thermal energy to mechanical energy

• chemical energy to mechanical energy

• mechanical energy to thermal energy

What is the energy transformation that occurs in an electric pencil sharpener?

• mechanical energy to electrical energy

• electrical energy to mechanical energy

• radiant energy to sound energy

• chemical energy to mechanical energy

When a car burns gasoline it creates hot air to move the pistons in the engine, which causes the car to move. What energy transformation occur from the fuel to the movement of a car?

• thermal energy to mechanical energy

• thermal energy to chemical energy to mechanical energy

• chemical energy to thermal energy to mechanical energy

• chemical energy to electrical energy

What energy transformation occurs as howler monkeys loudly call to each other in the forest?

• Chemical --> Mechanical --> Sound

• Chemical --> Sound --> Thermal

• Sound --> Chemical --> Radiant

• Mechanical --> Chemical --> Sound

What is the energy transformation?

• Kinetic to Mechanical to Electrical
• Kinetic to Mechanical to Kinetic
• Electromagnetic to Mechanical to Electrical
• Kinetic to Sound to Electrical

What is the energy transformation?

• Potential to Kinetic
• Kinetic to Potential
• Electrical to Kinetic
• Kinetic to Electromagnetic

What happens to chemical energy as it is used by cells to perform various functions?

• It is often broken into smaller pieces

• It is usually converted into other types of energy

• It is typically released as a waste product in the form of a gas

• It disappears as it is crushed and destroyed

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