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Energy Transformations
100

Energy that is stored. 

What is Potential Energy?

100

Energy that we can hear.

What is Sound Energy?

100

Energy transformation in a guitar.

Mechanical -> Sound

200

Energy that is stored in a stretched rubber band, for example. 

What is Elastic Potential Energy?

200

Energy that can be felt as heat. 

What is Thermal Energy?

200

Energy transformation in Solar Panels.

Light (Radiant) -> Electrical

300

Energy that is stored in the bonds between atoms in chemical compounds.

What is chemical energy?

300
The energy of objects in motion.

What is Mechanical Energy?

300

Energy transformation in a campfire. 

Chemical -> Thermal + Radiant (Light)
400

Energy that is based on an objects position in a gravitational field. (AKA how high it is)

What is Gravitational Potential Energy?

400

Energy caused by the movement of flowing electrons. 

What is Electrical Energy?

400

Energy transformation that occurs in a hair dryer.

Electrical -> Mechanical -> Thermal -> Sound

500

Energy that is stored in the nucleus of an atom and is released through fission and/or fusion. 

What is Nuclear Energy?

500

Often referred to as radiant or electromagnetic energy, this kind of energy allows us to see. 

What is Light Energy?

500

Energy Transformations in a Nuclear Power Plant.

Nuclear -> Thermal -> Mechanical -> Electrical

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