Lesson 3: Energy Transformations Review

The energy of an object or substance in movement; sometimes just called kinetic energy

Motion Energy Person dancing, car in motion, a thrown ball, flowing water.

Energy an object has due to place or position, such as its height above the Earth; a form of potential energy

Gravitational Energy Rock on the edge of a cliff, water behind a dam.

The energy of electrons moving or flowing within a substance

Electric Energy Power lines or home wiring, electricity from a battery

Electromagnetic energy that travels in waves; also called radiant energy

Light Energy Sunlight, the light of a lamp or of a TV, or computer monitor

The internal energy of a substance due to random vibration and movement of its atoms and molecules; also called thermal energy.

Heat Energy Heat form the burner of a stove, charcoal grill, forest fire.

Energy that moves through substances by compression waves; sound

Sound Energy Any kind of sound from humans, machines, animals, Ipods

Energy stored in the chemical bonds between atoms and molecules

Chemical Energy Energy plants store by photosynthesis, any food we eat, coal, oil Batteries store chemical energy

Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom; the energy that holds an atom together; sometimes called atomic energy

Nuclear Energy Uranium in a nuclear power plant and plutonium in a bomb

Law of conservation of energy: First Law of Thermodynamics

The total ______of energy in the universe is________ The total ______of energy in the universe is________. Energy can be neither _________nor__________, but it can be __________from one form to__________.