Energy Transformations

13 April, 2015

Objectives
Understand that energy can change form and be able
to draw diagrams to represent this.
HSW: AF3: Select appropriate methods for presenting scientific data.
Used before in: lesson 1 – Energy Types Will use again in:
PLTS:
Used before in: Will use again in:

Keywords
Energy, Transfer, Transformation, Sankey, Useful, Wasted.

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Outcomes:

All students should be able to:

• Draw energy transfer diagrams that describe
energy transformations.
• Interpret Sankey diagrams and label useful and
wasted energy.

Most students should be able to:

• Use Sankey diagrams to work out the amount of
energy transformed by a device into different types.
• Draw accurate Sankey diagrams using graph paper.

Some students should be able to:

• Use a Sankey diagram to calculate the efficiency of a
device.

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Energy transfer in a television
An energy transfer diagram shows the input and output
energies for a device. This includes all the useful and wasted
forms of energy.
For example, in a television:

light
electrical sound
heat
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Energy transfer in a radio
What are the main energy transfers in a radio?
(Don’t forget the wasted energy.)

sound
electrical
heat
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Energy transfer in a car engine
What are the main energy transfers in a car engine?
(Don’t forget the wasted energy.)

kinetic
chemical sound
heat
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Identifying energy transfers

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How can we represent energy transfers?
All the energy transfers Filament light bulb
(useful and wasted) that 100 10 J
are associated with a J light
electrical energy
device can be represented (output)
by a Sankey diagram. energy
A Sankey diagram uses (input) 90 J
arrows to represent all the heat energy
output energies. (wasted)

The thickness of each Energy efficient light bulb

arrow is proportional to the 20 10 J
amount of energy J light
electrical energy
involved at that stage. 10 (output)
How does the energy use in energy heatJenergy
(wasted)
these light bulbs compare? (input)

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 TASK
ALL
S
1) Use the keywords to copy and complete the following:
• Energy ………… diagrams can show how energy moves from one
place to another and ……… type. They can also show the
useful and …… energies.
• Sankey Diagrams show ……… that represent the amount of
energy being transformed so that you can easily see the
…………. of useful and wasted energy and calculate the ………….
of a device.
wasted transfer efficiency arrows changes percentage

MOST
2)Draw an energy transfer diagram for a car engine and label the useful
and wasted energies.
Use the following words to help: Chemical, Heat, Sound, Kinetic
3)Do questions 1 – 3 on pages 46 & 47 of Milner Text Book
SOME
4)Do question 4 and 5 on page 47 of the Milner Text book and calculate
the efficiency of each engine. Can you think of a good way of displaying
this data?
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Plenary – The Big Q: How efficient is a Power
Station?
• Describe the following energy transfer using appropriate diagrams and
calculations.
• Burning Coal produces 100 Mega Joules of Energy.
• 65 Mega Joules is transformed into electrical energy in a power
station but
the rest is wasted as heat.
All students should be able to:
• Draw energy transfer diagrams that describe energy transformations. C
Most students should be able to:
• Use Sankey diagrams to work out the amount of energy transformed by a
device into different types.
• Draw accurate Sankey diagrams using graph paper. B

Some students should be able to:

• Use a Sankey diagram to calculate the efficiency of a device.
A
• Now swap with your partner and mark it.

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