A light bulb converts electrical energy into what forms?

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A light bulb converts electrical energy into what forms?

Electric energy is transformed into light energy and thermal (heat) energy. When current flows through the filament, it encounters resistance, so most of the electrical energy becomes heat. That heat warms the filament enough to glow and emit visible light. Everything ultimately comes from the electrical energy, just changing into light plus heat. The other options don’t fit because a bulb doesn’t primarily generate magnetic, chemical, or mechanical energy—those forms aren’t produced by the simple resistive heating and light emission of a standard bulb.

Electric energy is transformed into light energy and thermal (heat) energy. When current flows through the filament, it encounters resistance, so most of the electrical energy becomes heat. That heat warms the filament enough to glow and emit visible light. Everything ultimately comes from the electrical energy, just changing into light plus heat. The other options don’t fit because a bulb doesn’t primarily generate magnetic, chemical, or mechanical energy—those forms aren’t produced by the simple resistive heating and light emission of a standard bulb.

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