Question

A marine scientist measures the energy found in a system consisting of a shark and fish. After the shark consumes the fish, the marine scientist concluded that chemical energy from the fish was transformed to kinetic energy in the shark. Does this result validate or invalidate the Law of Conservation of Energy?

Answer 1

Answer:

The result validates because energy changes forms

Explanation:

Law of Conservation of Energy, states that energy cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system but can be converted from one form to another

Answer 2

Answer:

Validate, because energy can change forms

Explanation:

According to the law of conservation of energy, energy in a system cannot be created nor destroyed, but is rather transformed from one form to another as the energy flows within the system.  

Going by the law of conservation of energy, we can say the conclusion arrived by the scientist, which says chemical energy from the fish was transformed to kinetic energy in the shark, validates the Law of Conservation of Energy. This is simply because energy does change forms as they flow within a system.