Energy Conversion

When plants convert the sun's energy into food, which type of energy is it?

• kinetic

• chemical

• heat

• electrical

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A battery converts what type of energy to another?

• sound to kinetic

• light to heat

• kinetic to electrical

• chemical to electrical

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A device that converts electrical energy to light energy.

• A blender

• A light bulb

• A bicycle

• A balloon

What is the energy conversion when you have a skateboard at the top of the hill then move down?

• kinetic to potential

• potential to kinetic

• potential to thermal

• electrical to kinetic

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Which energy conversion best describes change that takes place in a microwave oven?

• Nuclear → thermal + chemical

• Chemical → thermal + light

• Electrical → light + thermal

• Sound → thermal + electrical

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Which items would have this energy transformation: mechanical energy -> sound energy?

• turning on a flashlight

• nuclear power plant

• wind turbine turning

• playing a violin

Photosynthesis converts solar energy into:

• Kinetic Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Potential Energy

• Carbon Dioxide

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A ________ stores chemical energy and can convert that energy into electrical energy.

• magnet

• cooling tower

• book

• battery

A hairdryer converts -- 

• electrical energy into chemical

• electrical energy into thermal

• chemical energy into mechanical

• thermal energy into mechanical

During a science experiment, Liam observes different forms of energy. Which action represents a conversion of chemical energy into mechanical energy?

• Pancakes reheated in a microwave oven 

• Soup beginning to boil on a stove 

• A grasshopper jumping from a predator 

• Sunlight melting an icicle