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The thermal energy used to toast the bread changes to chemical energy

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Electrical energy converts into heat energy. It involves these two kind of energy.

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What forms of energy are needed to toast a slice of bread?

the energy to wake up and get out of bed and put in the bread into the toaster and switch it on. then the energy to take the toast out before your house burns down. in other words, heat energy(specifically radiation if you are using a toaster) and electrical energy


If you use a toaster to make toast the toaster converts electrical energy into solar energy and heat energy heat energy only heat energy and light energy or light energy only?

It doesn't matter what you use the toaster for, or whether you are using it at all.When it's ON, it converts electrical energy into both heat and light, whether or notthere is any bread in it.


What is wasted energy in a toaster?

There is a lot of confusion on all matters relating to heat. The efficiency of a device is usually the fraction of consumed energy which goes into the function of the device. For an engine, this is straight-forward. For a light bulb or a toaster, not so. For light emitting devices, in the wintertime when you are heating your house anyway, the answer is 100%. None of the energy is wasted; it just replaces some use of your electric heater. But what if you have a gas heater? Then the efficiency is relative. In the summertime, this is a much more important question. For a light bulb, you would look at light output (in Lumens) per energy input (in Watts). For a toaster, the answer is *completely* relative, rather than a fraction. The pertinent question is: How much energy does *this* toaster require to toast a piece of bread, compared to another toaster. I have not found much experimentation which answers that, even to compare toasters to toaster ovens. Toaster ovens may turn off during heating, so it's not simply a matter of maximum wattage. In general, the closer the heating element is to the surface of the bread, the higher the 'efficiency' of the toaster. On thin bread, bagel toasters are thus somewhat less efficient than smaller toasters are. Cheap toaster ovens are sometimes accused of making bread 'soggy', which is a result of the bread being heated by the air rather than directly by radiation from the heating elements.


What type of energy is traveling to the toaster?

electric energy is found in a toaster


What kind of energy does a toaster give off?

A toaster gives out heat energy.

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A toaster changes electrical energy to?

A toaster changes electrical energy to heat.


What energy transformations occur in a toaster?

The energy transformation occur in toaster is electricity is converted into heat.Electric energy to heat energy. If a toaster is turned on and active by electricity, there is heat given to burn whatever bread or toast you are toasting.


When you turn on the toaster on what happens to the electrical energy?

When you turn on a toaster, the electrical energy transforms into thermal energy to toast your bread. =]


What kind of energy is using a toaster?

In a toaster electrical energy is changed to heat energy. This heat is what browns the bread to become toast.


What energy changes are taking place in a toaster?

heat energy


Where does the energy come from to toast the bread?

it comes form the toaster


What is the meaning of bread toaster?

ang bread toaster ay isang bread na toaster


In a toaster what kind of energy is used?

The inside of a toaster includes electrical energy (what runs the toaster), radiant/light energy (the light coming off of the coils), and thermal/heat energy (what cooks the food in the toaster).


What does a toaster have to do with thermal energy?

An electric toaster has elements which are heated by elecricity. These glow red hot and their thermal energy is radiated to the bread so as to toast it.


What forms of energy are needed to toast a slice of bread?

the energy to wake up and get out of bed and put in the bread into the toaster and switch it on. then the energy to take the toast out before your house burns down. in other words, heat energy(specifically radiation if you are using a toaster) and electrical energy


What is the physics of a toaster?

Physics is simply the study of the properties of matter and energy. The physics behind a toaster is that the toaster conducts electricity to produce heat, toasting bread or whatever other food.


If you use a toaster to make toast the toaster converts electrical energy into solar energy and heat energy heat energy only heat energy and light energy or light energy only?

It doesn't matter what you use the toaster for, or whether you are using it at all.When it's ON, it converts electrical energy into both heat and light, whether or notthere is any bread in it.