You are cooking pasta and putting a pot of water on an electric stove. When the water starts to boil, you add the pasta. What energy transformation occurs to cook the pasta?
a
mechanical energy to light energy
b
electric energy to heat energy
c
heat energy to mechanical energy
d
nuclear energy to heat energy
b
electric energy to heat energy
When you are using an electric stove, electrical energy is converted into heat energy by the heating element of the stove. When the water begins to boil, you add the pasta, and the heat energy from the boiling water cooks the pasta. There is no direct mechanical, light, or nuclear energy involvement in this process.