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Unit 10 Energy
Worksheet 10.7 Transforming energy
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Description Energy changes
sunlight solar panels

Light and heat radiation → heat energy

The sunlight shines on solar panels. The

water inside gets hot.

Gravitational potential energy → kinetic energy

The toy car starts at the top of the slope. It

speeds up as it runs down the slope.

Kinetic energy → gravitational potential energy

(+ heat energy)

The boy goes slower and slower as he

skates up the slope.

2
Description Energy changes
sunlight
solar cells

Light and heat radiation → electrical energy →

chemical energy

The Sun shines on the solar cells. This

makes electricity in the wires. The electricity
charges up a battery.

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 Answers to worksheet questions: Unit 10

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Description Energy changes
For example, a stone is fired from a elastic energy → kinetic energy
catapult.

For example, a battery provides a chemical energy → electrical energy → heat energy
current in a circuit which makes a
heater (or lamp) heat up and give out
heat.

Worksheet 10.8 James Joule’s thermometer

1 Unit is called a joule. Symbol is (J).
2 a chemical energy
b kinetic energy
3 a gravitational potential energy
b As the water falls, it loses gravitational energy. It gains kinetic energy. When it reaches the foot of the fall,
it stops moving (or moves more slowly). Its kinetic energy has disappeared (or decreased) and instead it has
become warmer – its thermal energy store has increased.
4 The rise in temperature of the water was very small and his thermometer could not measure such a small rise.

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