Question

Identify the energy transformations in the following actions.

a. Turning on a space heater
b. Dropping an apple core into the garbage
c. Climbing up a rope ladder
d. Starting a car
e. Turning on a flashlight
Think about each action as a before and after. For instance, before the space heater is turned on, what kind of energy is there? After the space heater is turned on, what happens? This change from before to after will help you identify the two types of energy involved.
Identify five more types of energy transformations that you see at home, at school, or outdoors. Make sure to name the action, such as turning on a light, as well as the two types of energy involved. Remember, for energy to be transformed, the type of energy before and after a task must be different.

Answer 1

to. Turn on a heater (electrical energy that is transformed into heat energy)

yes. Throwing an apple core in the trash (chemical energy that is transformed into nutritional energy for decomposers)

C. Climbing a rope ladder (chemical energy from our food into mechanical energy that allows us to climb the ladder)

re. Starting a car (electrochemical energy in mechanical energy)

me. Turning on a flashlight (chemical energy from the battery into light energy)

Five daily actions that exemplify the transformation of energy:

Do physical activity (change of metabolic energy in mechanics)

Turn on a heater (electrical energy that is transformed into heat energy)

Lighting a stove (Chemical energy product of combustion that results in the transformation of that energy into heat)

Turn on a cell phone (chemical energy characteristic of the battery that is transformed into sound and light energy)

Riding a bicycle (nutritional energy or energy of the metabolism that is transformed into mechanical energy)

Step-by-step explanation:

The energy is never lost, it is always transformed.

It is one of the great principles of physics and is the reason why the universe is infinite.