Forms of Energy
Kinetic and Potential
Energy, Work and Power
Examples of Forms of Energy
100
Energy stored in chemical bonds
What is chemical energy?
100
The energy of movement and motion.
What is kinetic energy?
100
The two basic kinds of energy
What are kinetic and potential energy?
100
Lightning
What is electrical energy?
200
Energy stored in the nuclei of atoms.
What is nuclear energy?
200
Stored energy that is dependent on an object's position or condition.
What is potential energy?
200
The ability to do work or cause change
What is energy?
200
Radio waves
What is electromagnetic energy?
300
Energy that travels in waves
What is electromagnetic energy?
300
Energy in compressed or stretched objects
What is elastic potential energy?
300
The unit of measurement for energy
What is the joule?
300
Quickly moving particles in lava
What is thermal energy?
400
The energy of electric charges
What is electrical energy?
400
The combination of an object's potential and kinetic energy, related to the position and motion of an object
What is mechanical energy?
400
The transfer of energy
What is work?
400
Energy stored in foods
What is chemical energy?
500
The total potential and kinetic energy of the particles in an object.
What is thermal energy?
500
If two skiers stand at the top of a hill, the skier with more weight (N) has more of this.
What is gravitational potential energy?
500
Energy transferred divided by time
What is power?
500
Fusion reactions in the sun
What is nuclear energy?
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