Types of Energy
a form of energy resulting from the flow of electric charge
What is Electrical Energy?
energy of motion
What is Kinetic Energy?
Stored energy
What is Potential Energy?
transferring energy through touch
What is Conduction?
Ability to cause change
What is Energy?
the energy released during nuclear fission or fusion
What is Nuclear Energy?
Visible light, X-rays, Gamma rays, Black lights
What is Radiant Energy?
The coil spring of a wind-up clock. An archer's stretched bow
What is Elastic Potential Energy?
The unit used to measure thermal energy
What is Joules?
the only form of energy that we can actually see directly
What is Light Energy?
the energy of electromagnetic waves
What is Radiant Energy?
Lightning, Electrical charges moving through a wire or electricity, Static electricity, Batteries in use
What is Electrical Energy?
it is energy associated with gravity or gravitational force
What is Gravitational Potential Energy?
the internal energy of an object due to the kinetic energy of its atoms and/or molecules
What is Thermal Energy?
the sum of kinetic and potential energy in an object that is used to do work
What is Mechanical Energy?
Energy stored in the bonds of chemical compounds
What is Chemical Energy?
Anyone's voice, Stomping your feet, Any musical instrument, A buzzing bee
What is Sound Energy?
the energy stored in the chemical bonds of a substance
What is Chemical Potential Energy?
What is Radiation?
a form of energy related with the vibration of matter
What is Sound Energy?
the potential mechanical energy stored in the configuration of a material or physical system as work is performed to distort its volume or shape
What is Elastic Energy?
Kinetic Energy = 1/2mv2
What is Kinetic Energy Formula?
GPE=mgh
What is Potential Energy Formula?
the person who receives credit for being the first to discuss the loss and gain of heat.
James Joule
the potential energy held by an object because of its high position compared to a lower position
What is Gravitational Energy?