Energy basics Flashcards
What is kinetic energy?
Moving things
what is sound energy?
Kinetic energy from the moving air molecules transfers the sound energy to your eardrum
What is thermal energy
It is the energy that comes from heat
what is chemical energy
when an explosion goes off the chemical energy in it transferred to the surroundings as heat kinetic and sound energy
What is electrical energy
A battery transfers stored chemical energy as electrical energy in moving charges in a wire
What is gravitational potential energy
a rock on a mountain has stored energy because of the position on the mountain and gravity and that is gravitational potential
What is elastic potential energy
It is the potential energy stored as a deformation of an elastic object such as the stretching of a spring
