Energy Flashcards
What is energy?
The ability to do work or make things happen.
What are the different forms of energy?
- Thermal
- Kinetic
- Nuclear
- Light
- Chemical
What is potential energy?
The stored energy in an object.
What is gravitational potential energy?
Energy stored when an object is lifted off the ground; energy released when the object falls.
What is electrical energy?
Energy stored in electrostatic situations.
What is chemical potential energy>
Energy stored in chemicals such as fuel or batteries.
What is elastic potential energy?
Energy stored when an object is stretched or compressed.
What is kinetic energy?
The energy that an object has when it’s moving.
What is rotational kinetic energy?
The energy that an object has when it’s spinning.
What is nuclear energy?
Energy stored in unstable (radioactive) atoms.
What is thermal energy?
The amount of heat something has.
What is wave energy?
The energy carried by a wave.
