Energy Transformation
✅ What is Energy Transformation?
Energy transformation (or energy conversion) is the process of changing energy from one form
to another.
🧠 Key idea: Energy cannot be created or destroyed — it can only be converted from one form to
another. This is known as the Law of Conservation of Energy.
⚡ Common Forms of Energy
Form of Energy Description Example
Kinetic Energy Energy of moving objects A rolling ball
Potential Energy Stored energy due to position or shape A stretched rubber band
Chemical Energy Stored in food, fuel, or batteries Food, petrol, battery
Electrical Energy of moving electrons Power in wires, lightning
Energy
Light Energy Energy we can see Sunlight, lamp
Heat (Thermal) Energy of moving particles (temperature) Fire, stove
Sound Energy Energy carried by vibrations Music, voice, speaker
🔄 Examples of Energy Transformations
Situation Energy Transformation
Torch (flashlight) Chemical → Electrical → Light (and some heat)
Eating food then running Chemical (food) → Kinetic (movement) + Heat
Burning fuel in a car Chemical → Heat → Kinetic (motion)
engine
Solar panel powering a fan Light → Electrical → Kinetic (fan spins)
Battery powering a toy Chemical → Electrical → Kinetic + Sound + Light
Electric heater Electrical → Heat
📊 Diagram (Imagine or Draw This)
[Battery] → [Wire] → [Bulb]
Chemical Energy → Electrical Energy → Light + Heat Energy
🧪 Real-life Examples to Remember
🌞 Sunlight helps plants grow by transforming light energy into chemical energy during
photosynthesis.
🎧 A speaker changes electrical energy into sound energy.
🏃 When you run, your body converts chemical energy from food into movement and
heat.
📝 Key Notes
Energy can change multiple times in a system.
Some energy is usually lost as heat (not useful energy).
Machines and devices are designed to transform energy efficiently.
1. What is energy transformation? 4. Which device changes electrical energy
A. Storing energy in machines into light and heat?
B. Changing energy from one form to A. Battery
another B. Solar panel
C. Destroying energy to create motion C. Light bulb
D. Using energy only from food D. Radio
2. Which of the following is a correct energy 5. What kind of energy is stored in a
transformation in a flashlight? battery?
A. Electrical → Chemical → Light A. Sound energy
B. Chemical → Light → Electrical B. Kinetic energy
C. Chemical → Electrical → Light C. Chemical energy
D. Kinetic → Chemical → Heat D. Light energy
3. When you eat food and run, what energy 6. A speaker changes electrical energy into:
transformation happens in your body? A. Heat and kinetic
A. Heat → Sound B. Chemical and sound
B. Light → Chemical C. Light and chemical
C. Chemical → Kinetic D. Sound and heat
D. Electrical → Light
7. Which energy transformation takes place B. It disappears
in a solar-powered fan? C. It is stored forever
A. Light → Heat → Sound D. It is lost as heat
B. Light → Chemical → Kinetic
C. Light → Electrical → Kinetic
D. Electrical → Chemical → Kinetic
12. Which of the following is an example of
chemical energy?
A. Flowing water
8. What energy transformation occurs when B. Food
wood is burned? C. Sunlight
A. Kinetic → Chemical D. Moving car
B. Chemical → Heat and Light
C. Heat → Electrical
D. Light → Chemical
13. Which energy transformation happens in
photosynthesis?
A. Light → Chemical
9. In a wind turbine, wind energy is B. Chemical → Light
transformed into: C. Electrical → Light
A. Sound energy D. Heat → Sound
B. Electrical energy
C. Chemical energy
D. Light energy
14. A radio transforms electrical energy
into:
A. Sound energy
10. What type of energy does a moving B. Light energy only
bicycle have? C. Kinetic energy
A. Potential energy D. Chemical energy
B. Sound energy
C. Kinetic energy
D. Electrical energy
15. Which is NOT a form of energy?
A. Magnetic
B. Friction
11. What happens to some energy during C. Sound
transformation in machines? D. Heat
A. It is completely used up
✍️10 Fill in the Blank Questions
1. Energy cannot be created or __________; it can only be transformed.
2. A light bulb transforms electrical energy into __________ and __________ energy.
3. The energy stored in food is called __________ energy.
4. In a solar panel, light energy is changed into __________ energy.
5. A moving object has __________ energy.
6. Sound energy is produced by __________.
7. A stretched rubber band has __________ potential energy.
8. When wood is burned, the chemical energy changes into heat and __________.
9. A wind turbine converts kinetic energy from wind into __________ energy.
10. The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy is never __________ or
__________.
Options:
electrical, vibrations, chemical, elastic, kinetic, created, destroyed, light,
destroyed, light, heat, electrical
