Transfer Energy

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

• An e-reader

• a fan

• a manual pencil sharpener

• ipod

Before fruit falls from a tree, how does energy flow?

• Potential - Kinetic - Sound

• Light - Kinetic - Heat

• Potential - Sound - Heat

• Solar - Kinetic - Heat

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A clothes dryer is shown. This appliance dries clothes primarily by converting -

• electrical energy to heat and light.

• mechanical energy to heat and vaporizaton.

• electrical energy to heat and mechanical energy.

• mechanical energy to heat and electrical energy.

This form of energy could be represented by the movement of electrons within copper wires.

• Electrical

• Light

• Sound

• Mechanical

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If your cup of hot chocolate is really hot that means it has a lot of this type of energy.

• Chemical

• Thermal

• Electrical

• Potential

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What type of energy transfer is most likely responsible when a plant converts the suns energy into food?

• Chemical to Solar

• Solar to chemical

• Light to electrical

• Electrical to chemical

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What form of energy transfer is most likely responsible when your clothes dryer dries your clothes?

• Potential to Chemical to Nuclear

• Kinetic to Thermal to Light

• Chemical to Mechanical to Electrical

• Electrical to Mechanical to Thermal

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True or False. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, rather it is transformed from one energy type to another.

• True

• False

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Which form of heat transfer occurs between two surfaces or objects that are in direct contact?

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conduction

This form of heat transfer travels through electromagnetic waves. You can usually FEEL the heat from this source.

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection