Energy is Transferred Between Energy Stores

Question 1

What can energy be held in?

Answer 1

Different stores

Question 2

Kinetic -

Answer 2

Anything moving has energy in its kinetic energy store

Question 3

Thermal -

Answer 3

Any object - the hotter it is, the more energy it has in its store

Question 4

Chemical -

Answer 4

Anything that can release energy by a chemical reaction e.g food, fuels

Question 5

Gravitational Potential -

Answer 5

Anything in a gravitational field (anything which can fall)

Question 6

Elastic Potential -

Answer 6

Anything stretched, like springs and rubber bands

Question 7

Electrostatic -

Answer 7

E.g two charges that attract or repel each other

Question 8

Magnetic -

Answer 8

E.g two magnets that attract or repel each other

Question 9

Nuclear -

Answer 9

Atomic nuclei release energy from this store in nuclear reactions

Question 10

What are the 8 types of energy store?

Answer 10

Kinetic
Thermal
Chemical
Gravitational Potential 
Elastic Potential 
Electrostatic 
Magnetic 
Nuclear

Question 11

Mechanically -

Answer 11

An object moving due to a force acting on it e.g pushing, pulling, stretching or squashing

Question 12

Electrically -

Answer 12

A charge moving through a potential difference e.g charges moving round a circuit

Question 13

By heating -

Answer 13

Energy transferred from a hotter object to a colder object e.g heating a pan of water on a hob

Question 14

By radiation -

Answer 14

Energy transferred e.g by light/sound waves, e.g energy from the sun reaching Earth as light