Amplify Science - Energy Conversions (4th Grade)

What is the name of the wires that bring electricity from the power plant to other parts of the electrical grid?

• cables

• power lines

• alligator clips

• safety lines

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

• electrical to mechanical

• chemical to heat

• electrical to sound

• potential to sound

When energy is changed from one form to another.

• motion

• electrical grid

• convert

• function

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What is the energy conversion when you use gasoline to make a car move?

• chemical to motion

• chemical to light

• sound to light

• thermal to motion

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Any type of technology that uses electricity to work.

• systems engineer

• electrical device

• electrical energy

• science argument

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Sun (solar), wind, and fossil fuels are all examples of:

• designs

• systems

• converters

• energy sources

What is the energy conversion when a wind turbine turns to provide energy to a power grid?

• electrical to chemical

• thermal to motion

• motion to electrical

• nuclear to heat

TRUE OR FALSE: Thermal energy is created any time energy is converted.

• True

• False

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The way that an electrical device gets power

• systems engineer

• electrical device

• electrical energy

• science argument

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

• electrical to thermal

• light to motion

• chemical to thermal

• chemical to electrical

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