Energy Conversions

The ability to make things move or change is called _____.

• function

• energy

• system

• electrical energy

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The form of energy that is transferred through wires is called _____.

• energy

• electrical energy

• function

• forms of energy

A machine that converts electrical energy to another form of energy is an _____.

• function

• engineer

• system

• electrical device

Choose one device that uses electrical energy.

• Brick wall

• Bike

• Fireplace

• Television

Match the following examples to the correct energy conversion.

• Radiant to Electric

• Solar panels

• Electrical to Thermal

• An apple falls from a tree

• Gravitational to Mechanical

• A battery powers a radio

• Chemical to Sound

• Ironing clothes

Which items would have this energy transformation: electrical energy -> thermal energy and light energy?

• toaster

• candle burning

• windmill turning

• waterfall

A hairdryer converts -- 

• electrical energy into chemical

• electrical energy into thermal

• chemical energy into mechanical

• thermal energy into mechanical

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Photosynthesis converts solar energy into:

• Kinetic Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Potential Energy

• Carbon Dioxide

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A ________ stores chemical energy and can convert that energy into electrical energy.

• magnet

• cooling tower

• book

• battery

Which action represents a conversion of chemical energy into mechanical energy?

• Pancakes reheated in a microwave oven 

• Soup beginning to boil on a stove 

• A grasshopper jumping from a predator 

• Sunlight melting an icicle