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Energy Intro

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY

  • It takes more energy to go up than to go down, so as you go up more and more energy is stored for falling

MECHANICAL ENERGY

  • an object which possesses mechanical energy is able to do work
  • A bow pulled back is able to shoot an arrow
Photo by Ben Gun

ELASTIC POTENTIAL ENERGY

  • energy stored when an object is stretched out or compressed
  • *Rubber band, springs, etc.*

CHEMICAL ENERGY

  • Is stored in bonds of atoms and holds them together
Photo by TonZ

ELECTRICAL ENERGY

  • A flow of electrons and protons
  • Lightning is just a large number of electrons flowing through air all at once.
Photo by snowpeak

THERMAL ENERGY

  • Energy made by the movements of molecules in certain objects
  • In hot things molecules move fast, and in cold things they move slowly

KINETIC ENERGY

  • The energy of motion
  • Anything in motion is using kinetic energy
Photo by Markus Spiske

NUCLEAR ENERGY

  • Energy released during nuclear fusion
Photo by rodrigomezs

ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY

  • Energy that is reflected or emitted from objects that travel through space.
Photo by Jeremy Thomas