A pot of cold water is heated on a stove burner until the water boils. Then, a spoon becomes warm after it is placed in the hot water. Which statement best
explains what happened?

Energy is created as the spoon becomes warmer
Energy is transformed and transferred but is conserved.
Energy is lost bccause the spoon is not as hot as the burner
Energy is conserved during the transformation, but lost during the transfer

Which process is directly affected by the absorption of the thermal energy from the sun?

Agardener uses a wheelbarrow to move soil from a truck to his garden. on the first trip from the truck to the garden, the wheelbarrow is half-full of soil and the gardener applies a certain force to cause it to accelerate. on the second trip, the wheelbarrow is full of soil. although the gardener applies the same amount of force to the wheelbarrow, he cannot move it with the same rate of acceleration. what should the gardener do to move the wheelbarrow at the same rate of acceleration for the second trip?

Complete the sentence to describe the law of conservation of energy. the law of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be created or , but it can be