Question

(HELP ASAP) A student’s cell phone battery is almost dead, and she plugs it into an electrical outlet to charge. As it charges, she notices a light is glowing red to indicate that it is charging; she also notices that the phone is warm. After the battery has been fully charged and the student unplugs her cell phone, the phone vibrates when a message arrives.

Answer 1

Explanation:

The total energy of the system remains conserved. It just converts from one form of energy to another.

The battery of the cell phone contains chemicals. As the electricity is passed through the cell phone, the electrical energy is converted to chemical energy. As she notices that the phone is warm and after the battery has been fully charged and the student unplugs her cell phone, the phone vibrates when a message arrives, this shows the conversion of chemical energy to mechanical energy, thermal energy etc.

Hence, we can say that the correct option is (b).