Exploring Energy Transformations
Learning Objective
I. LEARNING COMPETENCY Demonstrate how sound, heat, light and electricity can be transformed. (S6FE-Illd-f-2) Content Standards The learners demonstrate understanding of how energy is transformed. Performance Standards The learners should be able to create a marketing strategy for new product on electrical or light efficiency.
Key Concepts
Electricity is a critical component to the safety, prosperity, and well-being of nearly everyone.
Most methods we use to generate power are just different ways of getting water really hot.
The process of constantly adjusting generation up or down to match electrical demands on the grid is called load following.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 8 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. What is the primary energy transformation that occurs in most power plants?
2. Which of the following energy transformations occurs in a solar photovoltaic (PV) cell?
3. Explain how a steam turbine converts thermal energy into rotational energy.
...and 5 more questions
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