Energy Transformations & Heat Transfer

According to the Law of Conservation of Energy, the total amount of energy in the universe:

• decreases

• gets created

• stays the same

• gets destroyed

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Since animals must break down food to release energy, what form of energy is stored in food?

• chemical

• mechanical

• electric

• heat

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Electrical energy can be changed into what other forms of energy?

• wind, mechanical, elastic

• light, sound, mechanical

• solar, sound, gravitational

• hydroelectric, solar, light

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What form of energy do plants absorb and use during photosynthesis to produce and store chemical energy?

• electrical

• sound

• mechanical

• solar

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What is the correct energy chain diagram that would occur in a battery powered flashlight?

• chemical → electrical → light

• chemical → heat → light

• electrical → chemical → light

• chemical → light → electrical

The water stored behind a dam has what type of energy?

• gravitational kinetic

• gravitational potential

• elastic potential

• elastic gravitational

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What is the energy of motion/moving objects known as?

• thermal

• chemical

• mechanical kinetic

• mechanical potential

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When the speed of moving particles increases in a substance, this shows an increase in what kind of energy?

• chemical energy

• thermal energy

• electrical energy

• mechanical energy

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A form of radiant energy that comes from the sun is called __________.

• potential

• elastic

• solar

• nuclear

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As a car skids to a stop, friction transforms kinetic energy into ________.

• thermal energy

• solar energy

• chemical energy

• electrical energy

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