TypesTypes ofof EnergyEnergy && EnergyEnergy TransferTransfer

HeatHeat (Thermal)(Thermal) EnergyEnergy

HeatHeat (Thermal)(Thermal) EnergyEnergy

. HeatHeat energyenergy isis thethe transfertransfer ofof thermalthermal energy.energy. . AsAs heatheat energyenergy isis addedadded toto aa substances,substances, thethe temperaturetemperature goesgoes up.up. . MaterialMaterial thatthat isis burning,burning, thethe Sun,Sun, andand electricityelectricity areare sourcessources ofof heatheat energy.energy.

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SolarSolar EnergyEnergy

SolarSolar EnergyEnergy

. SolarSolar energyenergy isis thethe energyenergy fromfrom thethe Sun,Sun, whichwhich providesprovides heatheat andand lightlight energyenergy forfor Earth.Earth. . SolarSolar cellscells cancan bebe usedused toto convertconvert solarsolar energyenergy toto electricalelectrical energy.energy. . GreenGreen plantsplants useuse solarsolar energyenergy duringduring photosynthesis.photosynthesis. . MostMost ofof thethe energyenergy onon thethe EarthEarth camecame fromfrom thethe Sun.Sun.

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ChemicalChemical (Potential)(Potential) EnergyEnergy

ChemicalChemical (Potential)(Potential) EnergyEnergy . ChemicalChemical energyenergy isis energyenergy storedstored inin mattermatter inin chemicalchemical bonds.bonds. . ChemicalChemical energyenergy cancan bebe released,released, forfor example,example, inin batteriesbatteries oror food.food.

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ElectricalElectrical (Potential)(Potential) EnergyEnergy

ElectricalElectrical (Potential)(Potential) EnergyEnergy . ElectricalElectrical energyenergy isis thethe electronselectrons flowingflowing inin anan electricelectric circuit.circuit. . SourcesSources ofof electricalelectrical energyenergy include:include: storedstored chemicalchemical energyenergy inin batteries,batteries, solarsolar energyenergy inin solarsolar cells,cells, fuelsfuels oror hydroelectrichydroelectric energyenergy inin generators.generators.

ElectricalElectrical (Potential)(Potential) EnergyEnergy

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NuclearNuclear (Potential)(Potential) EnergyEnergy . NuclearNuclear fusionfusion isis thethe combiningcombining ofof twotwo lightlight atomsatoms intointo aa heavierheavier oneone andand nuclearnuclear fissionfission isis thethe splittingsplitting ofof aa heavyheavy atom.atom. BothBoth waysways makemake bigbig amountsamounts ofof energy.energy. TheyThey sometimessometimes taketake placeplace inin nature.nature. FusionFusion isis thethe sourcesource ofof heatheat inin thethe sun.sun. FissionFission isis alsoalso usedused inin nuclearnuclear powerpower plantsplants toto makemake electricity.electricity. (How?)(How?)

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ElasticElastic (Potential)(Potential) EnergyEnergy

. ElasticElastic energyenergy occursoccurs whenwhen objectsobjects areare compressedcompressed andand stretched,stretched, oror generallygenerally deformeddeformed inin anyany manner.manner.

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MechanicalMechanical EnergyEnergy

MechanicalMechanical EnergyEnergy . MechanicalMechanical energyenergy isis thethe energyenergy duedue toto thethe motionmotion andand positionposition ofof anan object.object. WhenWhen objectsobjects areare setset inin motionmotion oror areare inin aa positionposition wherewhere theythey cancan bebe setset inin motion,motion, theythey havehave mechanicalmechanical energy.energy. . PotentialPotential energyenergy isis storedstored energyenergy duedue toto anan objectobject location.location. AKAAKA GravitationalGravitational PotentialPotential Energy.Energy. . KineticKinetic energyenergy isis thethe energyenergy anan objectobject

hashas duedue toto itsits motion.motion. MechanicalMechanical EnergyEnergy

. MechanicalMechanical EnergyEnergy cancan bebe divideddivided intointo twotwo categories:categories: PotentialPotential EnergyEnergy andand KineticKinetic Energy.Energy.

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GravitationalGravitational (Potential)(Potential) EnergyEnergy

. GravitationalGravitational EnergyEnergy –– (What(What MOSTMOST peoplepeople callcall justjust potentialpotential energyenergy)) isis energyenergy mattermatter containscontains duedue toto itsits position.position. GravityGravity givesgives itit thethe energy.energy.

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KineticKinetic EnergyEnergy

. KineticKinetic EnergyEnergy isis energyenergy fromfrom motion.motion. ItIt isis directlydirectly tiedtied toto thethe massmass andand thethe speedspeed ofof thethe object.object.

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EnergyEnergy TransformationsTransformations

. TheThe LawLaw ofof ConservationConservation ofof MassMass statesstates thatthat energyenergy cancan bebe neitherneither createdcreated oror destroyed.destroyed. ItIt simplesimple changeschanges formsforms fromfrom oneone toto thethe other.other.

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MagneticMagnetic PotentialPotential EnergyEnergy

-- TheThe energyenergy storedstored withinwithin magnetsmagnets duedue toto thethe northnorth andand southsouth polespoles ofof thethe magnetsmagnets beingbeing attractedattracted toto oneone another.another. MagneticMagnetic Energy...whatEnergy...what cancan itit do?do?

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