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What are the energy transformations of a wind-up toy? Please show a diagram.

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YER MOM..... jk, I can't attach an image, so this is the best i got for ya: At the beginning, the person has kinetic energy (chemical allows them to live,mechanical to move), and the toy has gravitational potential energy (assuming it is on an above-ground surface). As the person turns the handle, they apply mechanical energy onto the toy, which then gets mechanical energy too. As it moves across the surface, the toy experiences-although relatively little-thermal energy (friction force working against it). Finally, the handle unwinds through elastic potential energy.
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