Question

Lighting a match results in light and heat. Since energy was not created by the match, what transformation took place?

Answer 1

The law of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can transfer from one state to another. Therefore, when the match is flicked, you are conducting heat because the interaction of lighting a match.

Answer 2

The energy of the light and heat was stored as chemical energy in the match head, until you started their release by scratching it to make it hot.