Amplify Science Energy Conversions

What does it mean to convert energy?

• to change one form of energy to another form

• to use up the power

• to plug something in

• to turn it off

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Which form of energy does a solar panel use?

• thermal energy from a volcano

• light energy from the sun

• sound energy from a bomb

• chemical energy from eating food

What evidence in the pictures tells us the lights are not broken?

• the car moved

• the car light is still on

• the lights came back on later

• a man fixed the lights

What happens when you put too many devices in a system?

• The system will disappear

• The system will blow up

• The system won't have enough energy to work

• The system will be fine

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

• turning on a flashlight

• nuclear power plant

• wind turbine turning

• playing a violin

Turning on the radio is what type of energy conversion?

• sound to light

• electrical to sound

• electrical to light

• light to electrical

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 

Photosynthesis converts solar energy into:

• Kinetic Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Potential Energy

• Carbon Dioxide

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Match the following examples to the correct energy conversion.

• Electrical to Thermal

• Solar panels

• Gravitational to Mechanical

• Ironing clothes

• Radiant to Electric

• An apple falls from a tree

• Chemical to Sound

• A battery powers a radio

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Which items would have this energy transformation: electrical energy -> thermal energy and light energy?

• toaster

• candle burning

• windmill turning

• waterfall