Test: AP Environmental Science

 

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Most automobiles today have an energy efficiency of roughly 25% to 30%, meaning only a fraction of the potential energy from the gas you pump into your car will be converted into the kinetic energy of the car actually moving. Which of the following statements is true and best explains this phenomenon?

Energy cannot be destroyed, but it can be created.

When energy is converted to another form, the energy quality will decrease and energy cannot be recycled to a higher efficiency.

Energy can be neither created nor destroyed.

Energy cannot be created, but it can be destroyed in the process of converting to another form.

Energy can be converted from one form to another but no energy is lost in this process.

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