Question

1. what is the energy conversion that happens in this process in a coal power plant: workers burn coal to boil water? nuclear to thermal chemical to electrical chemical to thermal mechanical to radiant radiant to chemical chemical to radiant

Explanation:

Coal has chemical energy stored in its chemical bonds. When it is burned to boil water, heat is released. This heat is thermal energy. So the energy conversion is from chemical to thermal.

Answer:

chemical to thermal