Energy and its Transformations

"Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it can only be transferred or transformed." Which law is this?

• First Law of Thermodynamics
• Law of Energy Equivalence
• Law of Motion
• Law of Conservation of Energy

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Gravitational potential energy is highest at point ____ and kinetic energy is highest at point ____.

• A, C

• A, B

• D, B

• D, A

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What kind of energy increases as the person draws back on the slingshot?

• Elastic potential energy
• Kinetic energy
• Gravitational potential energy
• Thermal energy

Which energy conversion takes place when you put gasoline in a car, which then drives down the road?

• chemical to mechanical

• mechanical to electrical

• mechanical to electromagnetic

• thermal to electric

When baking in an oven, electrical energy is transformed into ____ energy.

• thermal
• mechanical
• chemical
• nuclear

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A battery transforms what type of energy to another?

• Mechanical energy to thermal energy
• Nuclear energy to kinetic energy
• Chemical energy to electrical energy
• Electrical energy to sound energy

A person plays a video on their phone. Which best describes the energy transformation that takes place?

• Chemical to kinetic

• Thermal to electrical & nuclear

• Nuclear to gravitational

• Electrical to light & sound

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What kind of energy is present in food?

• Chemical energy
• Nuclear energy
• Thermal energy
• Kinetic energy

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Which picture shows the energy conversion from chemical to thermal?

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Which example below demonstrates the energy transformation from radiant to chemical?

• Burning fossil fuels
• Nuclear fission splitting atoms

• Photosynthesis in plants

• Melting ice caps on Earth

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