Energy Transformations

What does energy help us do?

• Make things disappear

• Stop all movement

• Power machines and produce sound

• Create new energy

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What happens when a ukulele is played?

• Chemical energy is used

• Light energy is created

• Kinetic energy turns into sound

• Heat energy is produced

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When a light bulb is turned on, what energy transformation occurs?

• Electrical to sound

• Kinetic to electrical

• Electrical to light and heat

• Chemical to light

What energy change happens when a bow and arrow is released?

• Gravitational to light

• Chemical to sound

• Elastic potential to kinetic

• Electrical to heat

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What energy transformation occurs when a roller coaster goes down a track?

• Electrical to sound

• Chemical to heat

• Gravitational potential to kinetic

• Kinetic to potential

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