Science energy transformation
A generator converts mechanical energy into_________________energy?
Electrical
Energy created by the flow of electrons through a conductor?
Electrical energy
Within the alarm clock, energy is transformed. It is time to get up! The alarm clock goes off. What are the energy transformations taking place in your alarm clock?
Electrical to mechanical to sound.
Which is an example of electrical energy being converted or changed into light energy?
A light bulb.
An ice pack contains ammonium nitrate. When this is dissolved in water it gets considerably colder. This is an example of heat energy being converted into_______________energy?
Chemical
On Halloween, you take a glow stick, crack the capsule inside and shake it until it glows. This is an example of light energy being created from_________________energy?
Chemical
Energy stored in chemical bonds of molecules?
Chemical energy
Which energy transformations BEST illustrates why people can walk?
Chemical energy is being converted into mechanical energy.
What is an example of electrical circuit designed to produce light?
Flashlight
Maria's father started a fire in the fireplace. He crumpled some paper, lit a match, and soon the logs in the fireplace were burning. In this case, the stored chemical energy in the logs was changed into?
Heat and light energy
The potential energy is due to the height of the roller coaster, as the height decreases the velocity, what does the kinetic energy do?
Increases.
This is energy of motion?
Kinetic energy
Energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation. Most often associated with a wavelength that is visible to the eye?
Light energy
The energy transferred by a force to a moving object?
Mechanical energy
The energy stored within the nucleus of an atom; energy released from a fission or fusion reaction?
Nuclear energy
Energy that is stored?
Potential energy
What happens when a roller coaster goes downhill?
Potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.
Random kinetic energy possessed by objects in a material at finite temperature. An object that feels hot has a lot of this?
Thermal energy
Changes in forms of energy are called energy_____________?
Transformations
