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You eat a large meal and then hike up a hill. what kind of energy transformation is your body performing?

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Chemical energy to kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy

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I would say the energy transformation that happens would be potential energy to kinetic energy. Potential energy is the energy possessed by an object when at rest. As you eat a meal, you store potential energy. As you move around, this energy is used and is transformed to the energy of motion which is the kinetic energy.
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