energy transformation

• Energy transformation


  Converting one form of energy to another
• Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only be converted into other forms
• Single transformation


  • Toaster transforming from electrical energy to heat energy to toast bread
• Some energy changes involve single transformations while others involve many transformations
• Energy states that energy cannot be created nor destroyed
• Multiple transformation

  • Television transforming from electrical energy to sound energy and light energy
• When energy is converted

  Some waste heat is always reduced but the total amount of energy is not changed