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Using Energy and Heat Forms of Energy Energy Some breakfast cereals promise to give you enough energy to get your day off to a great start. News reports often mention the price of oil, which is an energy source that provides fuel for cars and for transporting goods around the world. Weather reporters talk about the approach of a storm system that has a lot of energy. News anchors report on earthquakes and tsunamis, which carry so much energy they cause great damage. Politicians talk about the nation’s energy policy and the need to conserve energy and to find new energy resources. Energy influences everything in life, including the climate, the economy, and your body. Scientists define energy as the ability to cause change. Copyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Potential Energy Think of a book balanced on the edge of a desk. The book’s position could easily change, which means it has potential energy. Potential energy is stored energy due to the interaction between objects or particles. Particles include atoms, ions, and molecules. Objects have potential energy if they have the potential to cause change. Examples of potential energy include objects that could fall due to gravity and particles that could move because of electric or magnetic forces. C352_001_006_RE_L1_889408.indd 1 3/8/10 11:15:53 AM Gravitational Potential Energy Do the items stored on the shelves in your home have potential energy? Yes. Every item—including the shelves—has gravitational potential energy. Objects have gravitational potential energy if they have mass and height above Earth’s surface. The gravitational potential energy of an object depends on two factors—the mass of an object and the distance of the object from Earth’s surface. Chemical Energy Suppose you put on skates to play ice hockey. Where does your body get the energy it needs to play? Energy in your body comes from the foods you eat. All objects, including food, are made of atoms that are joined by chemical bonds. Chemical energy is the energy stored in and released from the bonds between atoms. Your body breaks chemical bonds in foods and converts the released energy into other forms of energy that your body can use. Nuclear Energy Kinetic Energy Are you moving your hand as you take notes? Are you squirming in your chair as you try to find a comfortable position? If so, you have kinetic energy—energy due to motion. All objects that have motion have kinetic energy. Kinetic Energy of Objects An object’s kinetic energy is related to the mass and the speed of the object. For example, suppose you hold a 3.6-kg bowling ball in your hands. Because the bowling ball is not moving, it has no speed and, therefore, no kinetic energy. Now suppose a friend rolls a 4.5-kg bowling ball at 8.0 m/s and another friend rolls a 5.5-kg ball at the same speed. The ball that has a greater mass has greater kinetic energy even though both balls are moving at the same speed. C352_001_006_RE_L1_889408.indd 2 Copyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. The energy stored in and released from the nucleus of an atom is called nuclear energy. When you watch the Sun set, you are experiencing nuclear energy. The Sun’s energy is released through the process of nuclear fusion. During nuclear fusion, the nuclei of atoms join together and release large amounts of energy. Nuclear energy also is released when an atom breaks apart. This breaking apart of an atom is called nuclear fission. Nuclear fission is used in nuclear power plants to generate, or make, electricity. Nuclear fusion and nuclear fission are examples of nuclear energy. 3/8/10 11:15:56 AM Electric Energy Even objects you cannot see have kinetic energy. Recall that all materials are made of atoms. In an atom, electrons move around a nucleus. Sometimes electrons move from one atom to another. Because electrons are moving, they have kinetic energy. When electrons move, they create an electric current. The energy in an electric current is electric energy. For example, in a simple circuit electrons move from one terminal of a battery through the copper wire and bulb to the other terminal of the battery. As the electrons move, their energy is transformed into light. Your brain and the nerves in your body that tell your arm and leg muscles to move also use electric energy. Combined Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy Your school is part of an education system. Earth is part of the solar system. A system is a collection of parts that interact and act together as a whole. In science, everything that is not in a given system is the environment. For example, a hockey player, the hockey stick, the hockey puck, and the ice under the player can be considered a system. Copyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Mechanical Energy Suppose the hockey player hits the hockey puck into the air. Does the puck have kinetic energy or potential energy? It has mass and motion, so it has kinetic energy. It also has height above Earth, so it has gravitational potential energy. Scientists often study the energy of systems, such as the one described above. The sum of the potential energy and the kinetic energy in a system is mechanical energy. You might think of mechanical energy as the ability to move another object. What happens when the hockey puck hits the net? The net moves. The hockey puck has mechanical energy that causes another object to move. Thermal Energy Even when the hockey puck is lying on the floor with no obvious motion, the particles that make up the solid puck are in motion. The particles vibrate back and forth in place. Therefore, the particles have kinetic energy. The particles also have potential energy because of attractive forces between the particles. An object’s thermal energy is the sum of the kinetic energy and the potential energy of the particles that make up the object. Thermal energy of an object increases when the potential energy, the kinetic energy, or both increase. C352_001_006_RE_L1_889408.indd 3 3/8/10 11:15:59 AM Energy Carried by Waves When a raindrop falls into a still pool of water, the raindrop disturbs the water’s surface. It produces waves that move away from the place where the raindrop hit. A wave is a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter. Energy, not matter, moves outward from the point where the raindrop hits the water. Sound Energy When the raindrop hits the water, it disturbs the surface of the water, and it also disturbs the air. It creates a sound wave in the air similar to water waves. Sound waves move through matter. Each wave travels from particle to particle as the particles bump into each other, much like falling dominoes. Sound energy is energy carried by sound waves. As a sound wave travels, it eventually reaches your ear. The sound energy moves tiny hairs inside your ear. This movement is transformed into an electric signal that travels to your brain. Your brain interprets the electric signal as the sound of a water splash. Radiant Energy Electromagnetic Waves Electric field Magnetic field Electron Direction of travel Wavelength Gamma rays 10-14 400 X-rays 10-12 Ultraviolet rays 10-10 Infrared rays Radar 10-8 10-6 10-4 Visible Light 500 10-2 600 FM 1 TV Shortwave AM 102 104 Wavelength (meters) Copyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Have you ever wondered what light is? Light is a form of energy carried by electromagnetic waves—electric and magnetic waves moving perpendicularly to one another, as shown in the figure. The energy carried by electromagnetic waves is radiant energy. 700 Wavelength (nanometers) C352_001_006_RE_L1_889408.indd 4 3/8/10 11:16:10 AM Electromagnetic Waves Waves that travel through matter and through spaces with little or no matter, such as outer space, are called electromagnetic waves. Electromagnetic waves often are described by their wavelengths. Wavelength is the distance from one point on a wave to the nearest point just like it. Other Forms of Radiant Energy Visible light is only one form of radiant energy. Gamma rays and X-rays are electromagnetic waves with very short wavelengths. Gamma rays and X-rays often are used in medical procedures. Ultraviolet rays have wavelengths that are a little shorter than those of light. This form of radiant energy is what causes your sunburn. Copyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Infrared rays are the form of energy used by many television remote controls to change channels. They also provide the warmth you feel when the Sun shines on you. Radar, television, and radio waves have long wavelengths compared to the wavelength of visible light. C352_001_006_RE_L1_889408.indd 5 3/8/10 11:16:13 AM