Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ NGSS Link PS3.D-H.4

Although energy cannot be destroyed, it can be converted to less useful forms--for example, to thermal energy in the surrounding environment.

Items associated with this NGSS statement in this project (ASPECt) and key idea (Transformations and transfers of en…)
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RG065002	When a rubber band is stretched and then let go of, some elastic energy is converted into kinetic energy and some energy is also transferred to the surroundings.
RG114002	When two balls collide, a small amount of energy was transferred to the environment as thermal energy.

Items associated with this NGSS statement in this project (ASPECt) and other key ideas
RG067002	Saying that energy is used up when a machine operates means that some energy spread out to the surrounding environment as thermal energy, and that energy is now in a less useful form.
RG041003	When energy is converted from one form to another or transferred from one place to another within a system, the total amount of energy stays the same, but how useful it is decreases.
RG145002	A device cannot power itself because some energy will be transferred to the surrounding environment, and that energy will no longer be available to be used by the device.