ENERGY TRANSFORMATION

Which energy conversion is taking place when you put gasoline in a car?

• thermal -> electrical

• mechanical -> electrical

• chemical -> mechanical

• mechanical -> electromagnetic

what type of energy is stored in a battery?

• mechanical

• thermal

• chemical

• electrical

Which items would have this energy transformation: chemical energy -> mechanical energy

• person running

• playing a violin

• windmill turning

• candle burning

A hairdryer converts -- 

• electrical energy into chemical

• electrical energy into thermal

• chemical energy into mechanical

• thermal energy into mechanical

Which of these is an example of light energy being transformed into chemical energy?

• A glow stick lights up when broken.

• Water heated by the sun evaporates.

• A plant makes sugar in the sunlight.

• A battery causes a buzzer to vibrate.

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

Where is the kinetic energy the greatest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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

• destroyed, destroyed

• created, destroyed

• created, saved

• lost, found

When a soccer ball is on a field, the energy it has just before being kicked is called

• potential energy

• mechanical energy

• kinetic energy

• chemical energy

The purpose of the panels is to change solar energy into ____________.

• light energy

• electrical energy

• chemical energy

• mechanical energy