Energy Transformations Lesson

Chemical Energy is transferred to _____ Energy.

• Thermal

• Solar

• Mechanical

• Chemical

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

• person running

• candle burning

• windmill turning

• playing a violin

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

• tanning bed

• candle burning

• windmill turning

• solar calcultor

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

• turning on a flashlight

• nuclear power plant

• digesting an apple

• tanning bed

Which items would have this energy transformation: nuclear energy -> electrical energy?

• tree growing fruit

• nuclear power plant

• solar calculator

• windmill turning

Which items would have this energy transformation: light energy -> chemical energy?

• tree growing fruit

• person running

• solar calculator

• windmill turning

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

• turning on a flashlight

• person running

• iron for your clothes

• candle burning

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

• solar calculator

• turning on a flashlight

• candle burning

• a toaster

Stored energy in water behind a dam falls and changes into mechanical energy that turns a turbine that turns coils in a generator that produces electrical energy.  What is this?

• Fossil Fuel Power Plant

• Nonrenewable Power Plant

• Nuclear Power Plant 

• Hydroelectric Power Plant

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Some power plants pump water down deep holes into hot rock. The hot rock heats the water, which turns the water into steam. The steam rushes back to Earth’s surface and is used to make electricity. This plant is generating which alternative energy resource?

• biomass

• wind

• solar energy

• geothermal energy

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