Energy Efficiency Worksheet

1. A kettle uses 1200 J of electrical energy.

900 J of thermal energy is used to heat the water.
300 J of thermal energy is wasted and lost to heat the
surroundings.
Draw a Sankey diagram to represent the energy transfer

i) How many joules does each square represent? ……………………

ii) Calculate the efficiency of the kettle. Show your working.

2. A toaster uses 1500J of electrical energy.

300 J is used to toast the bread.
i) How much energy is wasted? ……………………………………….
ii) Draw a Sankey diagram for the toaster.
iii) Calculate the efficiency of the toaster. Show your working.

3. A team of university students test a new car they are

designing. They find out that only 3,500J of the energy is
transferred to kinetic energy and the remaining 9,000J is
transferred as heat energy. How energy efficient is the car
to the nearest two decimal places?