SP3 Flashcards
1
Q
What is chemical energy?
A
Energy stored in food, fuel and batteries
2
Q
How else is energy stored?
A
Moving objects- kinetic energy
Hot objects- thermal energy
Stretched, squashed or twisted materials- elastic potential energy
High positions- gravitational potential energy
3
Q
What is the law of conservation of energy?
A
Energy can’t be created or destroyed
It can only be transferred from one store to another
Total energy transferred by system = same energy put in
