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What form of energy do living things change into mechanical energy and thermal energy?
Living things convert chemical energy, stored in molecules like glucose, into mechanical and thermal energy. The process of cellular respiration breaks down molecules to release energy that is used for activities like muscle movement (mechanical energy) and maintaining body temperature (thermal energy).
What kind of things have thermal energy?
Thermal energy is present in all matter as it represents the internal energy of a substance due to the movement of its atoms and molecules. Common examples of things that have thermal energy include hot water, heated metal, the sun, and even our own bodies.
Difference between thermal energy and mechanical energy?
Mechanical energy concentrates on an object as a whole, and thermal energy concentrates on an object's actions. Additionally, Thermal energy depends on temperature and mechanical energy depends on kinetic and potential energy.
What can thermal energy convert into?
Thermal energy can be converted into alot of things just go find out what it is.
what are some dangers involved when thermal energy is used?
Thermal energy is Heat and heat can burn you, set things on fire, melt things, and even kill living organisms
How do heat engines use thermal energy and how do refrigerators keep things cold?
Heat engines use thermal energy to generate mechanical work by transferring heat from a high-temperature reservoir to a low-temperature reservoir. Refrigerators keep things cold by using a refrigerant to absorb heat from the inside of the unit and release it outside, thereby maintaining a lower temperature inside.
What can thermal energy be converted into?
Thermal energy can be converted into other types of energy, such as mechanical energy in engines that use heat to produce motion, or electrical energy in systems that use heat to generate electricity through a process like thermoelectric conversion.
What are some energys name some?
Thermal Engergy: Heat engergy. Things get hotter when molecules heat up. Mechanical Engergy: This energy is in moving things.
Machines and living things can convert stored energy into what?
Machines and living things can convert stored energy into different forms of energy such as mechanical, electrical, or heat energy, depending on the process or mechanism involved.
What are 3 renewable sources of energy and an example of each?
Wind turbines take the mechanical energy of wind to generate electricity. Solar cells and solar collectors take the electromagnetic energy in sunlight to generate electrical energy or generate thermal energy to heat a substance. Hydroelectric facilities use the power of water under the influence of gravity to generate mechanical energy and (often) electric power. Let's throw in the idea that if we plumb (put pipes into) volcanic or thermal vents, we can collect thermal energy from the core of the earth. This can be used directly to heat things or to generate mechanical energy to create electricity.
What TE is stored in hot things?
Thermal energy is stored in hot things. When an object's temperature increases, its molecules move faster, resulting in higher thermal energy.
What things that electricity can be converted into?
Electricity can be converted into a variety of forms of energy, such as mechanical energy (used in electric motors), light energy (used in light bulbs), thermal energy (used in heaters), and chemical energy (used in batteries).
