Energy Transformation Match

Match the following: A battery is placed in a flashlight, which completes a circuit, then produces light when turned to the on position.

• electrical

• light

• radiant

• circuit

• chemical

• battery

Match the following: A rotating turbine generates electricity to power a blow-dryer.

• thermal

• rotating turbine

• mechanical

• electricity

• electrical

• power a blow dryer

Match the following: Lion on a cliff’s edge pounces onto a deer below and consumes it.

• chemical

• pounces

• mechanical

• deer

• gravitational

• lion on cliff edge

Match the following: Propane, a fuel, is burned which causes a hot air balloon to lift off the ground.

• mechanical

• lift off

• chemical

• burned

• thermal

• propane

Match the following: A glass sitting on the edge of the counter falls and makes a loud shattering noise.

• sound

• sitting on the edge

• mechanical

• shattering noise

• gravitational

• falls

Match the following: A match is struck against the box and produces light.

• mechanical

• struck

• chemical

• light

• radiant

• match

Match the following: A rubber bike horn is squeezed, which compresses it, and produces a honking noise.

• elastic

• squeezed

• sound

• honking noise

• mechanical

• compresses

Match the following: Coal, a fossil fuel, is burned to generate electricity.

• chemical

• coal

• thermal

• burned

• electrical

• electricity

Match the following: Atoms fuse in the Sun to produce sunlight that is absorbed by plants.

• chemical

• atoms fuse

• nuclear

• plants

• radiant

• sunlight

Match the following: A battery powers a phone that chimes when turned on.

• chemical

• phone

• sound

• chimes

• electrical

• battery