Physics 5054 · O Level · Efficiency

Efficiency — practice question

A wind-up radio is used in places where mains electricity is unavailable. A person turns a handle to wind a spring inside the radio. As the spring unwinds, it causes a small coil to rotate in a magnetic field. Which energy transfer is not useful for this radio?

  • Aelastic potential energy $\rightarrow$ kinetic energy
  • Bkinetic energy $\rightarrow$ thermal energy
  • Cchemical energy $\rightarrow$ elastic potential energy
  • Dkinetic energy $\rightarrow$ sound energy

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