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GROUP 2 – Energy Transformations

Mini Poster / Brochure
E Transformations of energy into our daily lives
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Chemical > Electrical
 Batteries contain chemical energy in the form of
stored bonds holding chemical compounds
together. Once the flashlight is turned on, that
chemical energy is converted to electrical energy
by flowing through the flashlight’s wires.
 Electrical energy is then converted into light
energy and thermal energy, from the ray of light
coming out of it.
 When you charge your laptop, you convert electrical
energy to chemical energy, starting from the socket to
your laptop’s / computer’s battery.
 Once charged, when you use your laptop, you converted
the stored chemical energy back to electrical energy,
since it consumes energy.
 By this, the electrical energy is then converted into
various types of energy as you use the laptop, such as
light, sound, mechanical, and thermal energy..
 The battery was converted to chemical- electrical
energy because it uses to have chemical inside
and we can also insert this to other battery
operated l things like toys, controller, lights, etc.
 Battery was made of copper and iron electron
with same citric acid which was for chemical
energy, which converts to electrical energy to be
used by other devices.
 Mechanical energy may also be added in this.
 A Bluetooth Radio has a battery in it, making it
have a chemical energy. It usually appears
when it is charged. When it is used to listen to
music or news, the energy is converted to
electrical.
 When using this appliance, it also converts to
sound energy, due to the big speaker that it
has, especially when it has its volume turned
on.
Electrical > Mechanical
 A hairdryer gets its energy from a socket when you
plug it in, and electrical energy flows through the wires.
When you use it, it is then turned into mechanical
energy through the spinning of the motor.
 Energy is also transformed into thermal energy by a
nichrome coil that heats up the air. While being blown
out, the motor also converts energy into sound energy
by the sound it makes.
 When we plug the fan to the electricity it converts
electrical to mechanical energy through the mechanical
energy in the moving of the blade.
 It can also be chemical energy because the fan has a
motor inside and there is also chemical added in it. It
also help the motor to let the fan move.
 The electrical pulse pushes the magnet to
create a motion or rotation in order for it to
move, thus becoming mechanical energy.
 This dryer also turns into thermal energy when
in heat. An electric current passing through a
resistor will convert that electric energy to
thermal energy.
 When a blender is used, it has to be always
plugged in to power source. The electric energy
rotates the motor of the blender, enabling it to
convert into mechanical energy, letting it mix and
blend for food preparation.
 It sometimes produces heat, but does not convert to
thermal energy. The heat only occurs when the
motor spins and mixes the food.
Electrical > Radiant/Mechanical
 When you plug in your microwave, electrical energy is
passed through its wires. Electrical energy is then
converted into radiant / electromagnetic energy. This occurs
when the magnets in a microwave oven move due to the
electric charge. This then creates waves which jump around
inside the microwave, heating up your food.
 Microwaves also convert energy to thermal energy because
the molecules in the food increase speed due to the
electromagnetic waves.
 It holds many energy transformations within. When you
are talking on the phone with another person, your
phone transforms the sound energy you make into
electrical energy and through micro-waves, that
electrical energy is converted into radiant energy.
 A phone sends and receives radiant energy through
micro-waves.
 It can also convert energy from electrical to chemical,
light, sound, and many more depending on your action.
 This converts electrical energy to radiant energy
thru the heat and the electricity that works from the
light. The transformation that shown here is that the
radiant has a particular measured by radiometry.
 This also produces light energy and thermal
energy, by giving light and affecting the
temperature in the room it is in.
 Uses electromagnetic waves when charged, the
energy produces while charging is an electrical
energy that converts radiant energy when used.
 Another energy transformed in a two way radio is
sound energy. It is used in telecommunication
systems.
E Transformations of energy into our daily lives
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Chemical > Thermal
 The transformation of this energy is when the
chemical potential energy from the gas found in
the gas tank is converted to thermal energy
through fire and the boiling of the water.
 Light energy may also be released in this process.
When the chemical energy ignites, the chemical
energy is transformed into mostly thermal energy
and less of light energy.
 Candle wax which is made of a chemical material.
By burning the candle’s wick, you turn the chemical
energy into thermal energy by the burning of the
wick, when the candle is lit up it will produce light
and heat.
 Besides turning chemical to thermal energy, a
burning candle also turns chemical; energy into
light energy through the flame that we see.
 Charcoal produces heat. It is a word that is buried
in low oxygen. The energy is a chemical bond. It is
transformed into thermal energy when burning.
 When the charcoal is heated through burning when
grilling, it becomes radiant energy.
 Like a LPG fuel, a butane BBQ lighter uses chemical
energy in the form of the butane gas used to fuel the
lighter. It is then converted into thermal energy once
you turn it on. This is because of the ignition of the gas
that is let out.
 Other energy transformation present in this device is
sound energy, through the clicking sound of the
igniter, and light energy present in the flame created.
Chemical>Thermal>
Mechanical
 Put the kettle with tea on the stove, and then turn the
gas tank on, the gas tank contains potential chemical
energy in the form of the chemical material.
 When you turn the stove on, the chemical energy is
converted into thermal energy, through the flame.
 Once the tea is boiling, some of the thermal energy will
be converted into mechanical energy through the
vibration of the kettle.
 Chemical energy is stored in the matchstick through the
red powder on one side of it, which allows the flaw to
oxidize once it is struck on the box.
 By striking it using mechanical energy due to friction,
you convert it into chemical energy which is then
converted into thermal energy through the burning of
the stick.
 As well, it produces light energy through the flame and
wastes energy through sound energy when it is struck
 In the car’s heat engine, it turns the chemical energy
found in the gas into thermal energy by heating it up
& compressing it. As it heats the fuel and cools it
down simultaneously, it pushes a piston up and
down which creates work. That piston also results in
the movement of the car, which transforms the heat
energy into mechanical energy.
 Energy is transformed from electrical to chemical
energy by the car battery powering the main motor.
 It transform to chemical-thermal-mechanical energy
because when you use the washing machine on the
motor inside has a chemical and sometimes heat is
also added there. I then turns into mechanical energy
by the spinning of the machine and the clothes.
 Electrical energy may be also added here because
you must plug in the washing machine for it to work,
and transform into other types of energy.
Mechanical > Mechanical
 A hammer utilizes mechanical energy to do the work. By
you pounding it on a nail, you exert work and also change
your mechanical energy to mechanical energy of the nail.
 Other Energy transformation present here is the
transformation to sound energy. This occurs because
when the nail is pounded, it sometimes creates a bang
sound, which indicates that some of the mechanical
energy is lost and turned into sound energy.
 Cutting a piece of paper into two; it contains potential
and kinetic energy. When we hold the scissor and start
cutting a piece of paper it will therefore contain
potential and kinetic energy. Through you opening your
hand to use the scissor, you produce mechanical
energy; and when the scissor closes with your hand, it
also produces mechanical energy.
 Potential and kinetic may also form energy to the
scissors because when we cut it forms a force.
 Once a person starts to pedal, he/she converts
potential energy into kinetic energy by pedaling,
resulting in mechanical energy. Because the
mechanical energy used to pedal, the bike now
moves forward and is now in motion from its original
position, which is another form of mechanical energy.
 It also produces thermal energy when the cyclist
perspires.,
 A nail cutter needs force to work. When you apply
pressure to the lever to cut your nail, you use
mechanical energy due to its motion and position. After
that, the nail cutter then cuts your nail, converting
mechanical energy into another form of mechanical
energy.
 It also converts the initial mechanical energy into
sound energy when you clip your nail.