Chapter 2.1. Forms Of Energy

The types of energy

100

The ability to cause change

Energy

200

Stored Energy

Potential Energy and, or GPE

300

• The energy that is stored in and released from the bonds between atoms.

Chemical

400

Energy due to motion

Kinetic

ENERGY

100

• The sum of the potential energy and kinetic energy in a system (PE+KE)

Mechanical

200

• The sum of the kinetic energy and the potential energy of the particles that make up an objects

Thermal 

300

•  A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter.

Energy carried by waves

400

• The energy carried by electromagnetic waves

Radiant

Gravitational Potential Energy

100

• A system is a collection of parts that interact and act together as a whole.

Combining Energy

200

• Electrons move in atoms giving it kinetic energy

Electric

300

 Greater ______ = greater KE  

Speed

400

 Greater ________ = greater KE  

Mass