Conversions Between Forms of Energy

What is the energy conversion when you plug in a stereo and listen to music?

• electrical --> mechanical

• chemical --> heat

• electrical --> sound

• potential --> sound

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What is the energy conversion when you burn wood for a fire?

• electrical --> thermal

• light --> kinetic

• chemical --> thermal

• chemical --> electrical

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is the energy conversion when you put batteries in a flashlight to make it turn on?

• chemical --> light

• light --> kinetic

• chemical --> thermal

• nuclear --> light

What is the energy conversion when you plug in a charger to charge a battery?

• electrical --> light

• kinetic --> potential

• thermal --> chemical

• electrical --> chemical

A car converts the ​ (a)   energy stored in gasoline into ​ (b)   energy to move the pistons up and down in the engine.

• chemical

• mechanical

• electrical

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

When a lion eats a zebra and then uses the energy from the zebra to run, the lion's body converts =-

• chemical energy to mechanical energy

• electrical energy to chemical energy

• chemical energy to light energy

• mechanical energy to chemical energy

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112.18.b.9.C

Electrical energy is transferred to _____ energy.

• Thermal

• Solar

• Electrical

• None

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Generators are devices that convert _____ energy into _____ energy.

• chemical; mechanical

• mechanical; electrical

• electrical; mechanical

• potential; kinetic

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NGSS.HS-PS3-3

A solar power plant converts _____________ to ____________.

• Electrical energy to solar energy

• radiant energy to electrical energy

• chemical energy to electrical energy

• mechanical energy to thermal energy

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NGSS.HS-PS3-3

Food is converted, through several biological processes, into motion for playing sports.

• Chemical to Kinetic:

• Electrical to Thermal

• Thermal into Chemical

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-PS3-5