When a student eats a hamburger and then uses the energy from the hamburger to play basketball, the student’s body converts

The correct answer is A. chemical energy to mechanical energy.

Explanation:

Chemical energy is created when a chemical reaction occurs, meaning that one substance (in this case, a hamburger) is transformed into other substances (nutrients that go into our body). After that, the student uses this chemical energy and converts it into mechanical energy, meaning the energy you exert on another object, in this case, to play basketball.