What is Energy Transformation?
Energy transformation is the process of energy changing from one form to another. This process is happening all the time in the world around us and even in us. When we consume food our body utilizes the chemical energy in the bonds of the food and transforms it into mechanical energy, a new form of chemical energy or thermal energy. Energy transformation is an important concept in the application of the physical sciences. The ability for energy to be transformed automates, lights, entertains, and warms our world in an astounding multitude of ways. The concept of energy transformation can be illustrated in a number of common activities: • An engine, such as the engine in your car, converts the chemical energy of gas and oxygen into the mechanical energy of engine movement. • A light bulb changes the chemical energy of a light bulb into electromagnetic radiation, or light. • Windmills harness the energy of the wind and convert it into mechanical energy in the movement of the turbine blad
