Energy Transformations
This device transforms electrical energy into heat, motion, and sound energy to help you toast bread.
What is a toaster?
Engineers use these two things to solve problems.
What are science and technology?
This form of energy can move from place to place, like a bowling ball hitting pins.
What is energy transfer?
This scientist discovered that moving magnets past copper wires generates electrical energy.
Who is Michael Faraday?
This device uses springs to store energy and transform it into motion energy to show the time.
What is a mechanical clock?
This form of energy can move from place to place, like a bowling ball hitting pins.
What is energy transfer?
This type of energy is stored in batteries and transforms into electrical energy when needed.
What is chemical energy?
The process engineers use to develop solutions to problems is called this.
What is engineering design?
When a bowling ball hits pins, some of its motion energy converts into this form of energy.
What is sound energy?
Solar panels convert this form of energy into electrical energy.
What is sunlight?
Rechargeable batteries convert this form of energy back into stored energy for later use.
What is electrical energy?
Solar panels on this space station help solve the problem of powering devices when not on Earth.
What is the International Space Station?
These devices convert motion energy from spinning parts into electrical energy.
What are generators?
This energy transformation occurs in a smartphone when it vibrates for notifications.
What is electrical energy to motion energy?
These two things engineers consider when designing electric car batteries are weight and ______.
What is cost?