Vocabulary
What is thermal energy?
The transfer of heat
What type of energy transformation occurs in the following scenario: turning on a flashlight
What is chemical to light/thermal
Energy stored in bonds
What is chemical energy?
What type of energy transformation occurs in the following scenario: A windmill spinning
What is mechanical to electrical
Energy produced by a moving part
What is mechanical energy?
What type of energy transformation occurs in the following scenario: eating an apple and then going to the gym to work out
What is chemical to mechanical and thermal
The breaking down of food by physical and chemical changes
What is digestion?
A student is cold while she waits outside for the bus so she decides to rub her hands together. What form of energy is her mechanical energy being converted into?
What is heat/thermal energy
States that energy cannot be created or destroyed?
Law of conservation of energy
What type of energy transformation occurs in the following scenario: your car driving after getting gas
What is chemical to thermal and mechanical