Types Of Energy Flashcards
Kinetic energy
Energy stored in a moving object
Gravitational potential energy
Energy stored due to an objects position above ground
Elastic potential energy
Energy stored in a stretched spring
Thermal energy
Energy stored due to an objects temperature
Chemical energy
Energy stored in chemical bonds
Magnetic energy stores (fridge, magnets, compasses)
Energy store when repelling poles have been pushed closer together or when attracting poles have been pulled further apart
Nuclear energy store
Energy stored in nucleus of an atom
Electrostatic energy store
When repelling changes have been moved close together of when attracting charges have been pulled further apart
Energy cannot be created or destroyed it can only….
Be dissipated (energy spread out into the surroundings), stored or transferred
Law of conservation on energy
Energy cannot be created or destroyed
Work done means
Energy transferred
