Conservation of energy

Question 1

What are the types of energy stores?

Answer 1

Nuclear energy store.
Thermal energy store.
Chemical energy store.
Electrostatic energy store.
Elastic potential energy store.
Gravitational potential energy store.
Kinetic energy store.
Magnetic energy store.

Question 2

What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?

Answer 2

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transferred from one store (one type of energy) to another.

Question 3

What are examples of energy stores being transferred to another energy store?

Answer 3

Torch: chemical energy transferred as light waves.
Headphones: electrostatic energy transferred to sound energy.
Rollercoaster: kinetic energy transferred to gravitational potential energy.