Energy Flashcards
Potential energy
Stored energy that’s waiting to do work.
Energy
The ability to do work
Kinetic energy
The energy thar moving things have ie, a windmill turning or a car moving
Heat energy
Heat is energy because it can cause things to move. Hot air causes a hot air balloon to rise,heat in a steam train engine moves trains
Light energy
Light energy can move things in a crookes radiometer or in a solar powered calculator, plants use light to make food
Sound energy
If you put your head near a loudspeaker you can feel that air is being moved by sound energy
Electrical energy
This energy can make things like extractor fans move. It is flow of electrons around a circuit
Chemical energy
This type of energy stored in fuels such as coal and oil, it is also stored in the food we eat and in batteries.
Nuclear energy
This energy is stored In the nucleus of atoms, the energy that comes from the sun.
Law of conservation of energy
Energy can’t be created or destroyed it can play b changed (converted) from one form to another
Circuits
A circuit is made up of a battery, some wires and different types of equipment and can be used to observe energy conversions