Energy stores and transfers Flashcards
Name the eight energy stores
Chemical
Kinetic
Elastic
Magnetic
Thermal
Nuclear
Gravitational potential
Electrostatic
Where is chemical energy found
Batteries
Food
The body
What is kinetic energy
Energy that a moving object has, based on mass and velocity
What is elastic energy
Energy stored by a stretched or compressed object
What is magnetic energy
An attractive or repulsive force from nearby objects with magnetic force
What is thermal energy
The energy of a substance due to its temperature.
What is nuclear energy
The energy stored in unstable atoms
What is GPE
Energy stored by an object above the ground
Name and describe the four energy transfers
Electrically- energy moves around an electrical
Heating-e.g. chemical energy in the form of fuel is burned
Mechanically- e.g. a mechanical arm transferring kinetic energy into elastic energy
Radiation- e.g. chemical energy from the sun transferred to thermal energy over the earth in the greenhouse effect.
