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The drier heats the air by radiation from the hot-coils,

then blows the heated air at you, where it transfers

the heat to you by conduction.

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2. A hair dryer converts what type of energy into thermal energy?

2. A hair dryer converts what type of energy into thermal energy?


A hair dryer converts what type of energy to thermal energy?

it converts thermal energy to electrical energy.


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What is the energy conversion of a dryer?

Electrical energy is converted into thermal and kinetic energy.


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Describe a case in which electrical energy is converted into thermal energy?

hair dryer, electrical energy enters the hair dryer and is converted to kinetic energy as a small motor spins a fan blade the electrical energy is converted to thermal by a grind of wires that heat up


What energy do hair dryer have?

It uses electrical energy to produce thermal energy.


Why is a clothes dryer an example of thermal energy?

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What type of thermal energy is When a hair dryer heats a balloon and the air inside it the balloon expands?

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What kind of energy does a dryer use?

Electrical energy enters the hair dryer and is converted into kinrtic energy as a smallelectric motor spins a fan blade. Electrical enrgy is also converted into thermal energy in a grid of wires that heat up. The fan forces air across the hot wires , and hot air blows out of the nozzle of the hair dryer. You can hear the sound energy that comes out. In other words in is converted from Electrical energy -to- Kinetic energy and, Electrical energy -to- Thermal energy and, last but not least, Sound energy!