Types of Energy
What is Kinetic Energy?
Energy in Motion
What is Electrical Potential Energy?
When the electrons in an atom are moving, it has electrical potential energy.
What is Energy Transfer?
This is when energy is transferred from one object or system to another object or system.
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that...
Energy is never created or destroyed
What is Gravitational Potential Energy?
Energy that is stored
What is Thermal Energy?
Energy that comes from the temperature of matter.
What is Energy Transformation?
When energy changes from one form to another
What is Force?
Force is a push or pull
What is Elastic Potential Energy?
Energy stored in stretched or compressed elastic materials
What is Mechanical Energy?
Mechanical energy is the sum of kinetic and potential energy in an object that is used to do work
What is Dissipated Energy?
Energy transforming and leaving one system to go into surrounding systems
What is Sound?
Sound is the movement of energy through substances in longitudinal waves.