Energy Transformation

What is the process of converting sunlight into electricity known as?

• Sun power conversion

• Light energy transformation

• Solar electricity extraction

• Solar power generation

When a battery converts chemical energy into electrical energy, what type of energy transformation is occurring?

• Chemical to electrical energy transformation

• Nuclear to electrical energy transformation

• Thermal to electrical energy transformation

• Mechanical to electrical energy transformation

In a wind turbine, what type of energy transformation takes place when the wind turns the blades to produce electricity?

• Wind energy to mechanical energy to electrical energy

• Hydro energy to mechanical energy to electrical energy

• Solar energy to mechanical energy to electrical energy

• Wind energy to kinetic energy to electrical energy

What type of energy transformation occurs when a toaster converts electrical energy into thermal energy to toast bread?

• Chemical to thermal energy transformation

• Electrical to thermal energy transformation

• Mechanical to thermal energy transformation

• Thermal to electrical energy transformation

When a car engine converts fuel into mechanical energy to move the vehicle, what type of energy transformation is happening?

• Thermal to mechanical energy

• Chemical to mechanical energy

• Electrical to mechanical energy

• Mechanical to chemical energy

What is the term for the process of converting heat energy into mechanical energy in a steam engine?

• Thermal Expansion

• Thermal Contraction

• Heat Compression

• Steam Expansion

In a hydroelectric power plant, what type of energy transformation occurs when water flowing downhill turns a turbine to generate electricity?

• Mechanical energy to chemical energy to electrical energy

• Gravitational potential energy to mechanical energy to electrical energy

• Potential energy to heat energy to electrical energy

• Kinetic energy to electrical energy

When a solar panel converts sunlight into heat energy to warm water in a solar water heater, what type of energy transformation is taking place?

• Hydroelectric to heat energy

• Wind to heat energy

• Geothermal to heat energy

• Solar to heat energy

What type of energy transformation occurs when a person eats food and their body converts it into energy to perform physical activities?

• Mechanical to Potential Energy

• Thermal to Electrical Energy

• Chemical to Kinetic Energy

• Nuclear to Sound Energy

In a nuclear power plant, what type of energy transformation occurs when nuclear reactions produce heat energy to generate electricity?

• Nuclear energy to heat energy to mechanical energy to electrical energy

• Chemical energy to electrical energy

• Solar energy to mechanical energy

• Wind energy to heat energy