Types of Energy

Date: 1/5/15
Description: Types of Energy

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Energy: Write down what Comes to mind

Time to build the foldable...

Energy

• Power/Ability to do work or cause change

Potential energy

• Energy based on position/location
• Person about to jump from a diving board
• Ball at top of hill

Kinetic Energy

• Energy of motion
• car speeding down road
• Pitcher throwing baseball

Radiant Energy

• energy of electromagnetic radiation
• The Sun
• A Microwave

Chemical

• energy stored in chemical bonds
• Food
• Gasoline or Oil

Electrical

• Flow of electrical charge through a conductor
• Power Lines
• Cable Lines

Nuclear

• Energy released during nuclear fission
• Used to generate electricity
• Nuclear Power Plant

Thermal

• kinetic energy of molecules
• A Stove
• An Iron

Sound

• energy from the vibration of matter
• Clapping hands
• Guitar

Now let's see energy in action...