Energy Conversions and Energy Transfer

Select the word that means: a machine that converts electrical energy to another form of energy

• electrical device

• system

• electrical energy

• electrical grid

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Select the word that means: the ability to make things move or change

• system

• function

• synthesize

• energy

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Select the word that means: the form of energy that is transferred through wires

• electrical device

• electrical grid

• electrical energy

• converter

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Select the word that means: something that changes one form of energy to another

• convert

• converter

• electrical grid

• transfer

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

• magnet

• cooling tower

• book

• battery

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Turning on the radio is what type of energy conversion?

• sound to light

• electrical to sound

• electrical to light

• light to electrical

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

• toaster

• candle burning

• windmill turning

• waterfall

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 

Photosynthesis converts solar energy into:

• Kinetic Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Potential Energy

• Carbon Dioxide

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Match the following examples to the correct energy conversion.

• Chemical to Sound

• An apple falls from a tree

• Electrical to Thermal

• Ironing clothes

• Radiant to Electric

• A battery powers a radio

• Gravitational to Mechanical

• Solar panels

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