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Forms of Energy
Forms of Energy
1. All energy falls into two
categories:
• Potential: stored energy and
energy of position
• Kinetic: motion of waves,
electrons, atoms, molecules
and substances.
2. What Forms of
Energy Are There?
POTENTIAL
Chemical Energy
Nuclear Energy
Gravitational Energy
KINETIC
Radiant Energy
Electrical Energy
Mechanical
Sound
Thermal Energy
How will we ever
remember these?!
Just remember
the sentence:
Cam Newton
got really
excited making
stinky tacos.
Cam= Chemical
Newton= Nuclear
Got= Gravitational
Really= Radiant
Excited= Electrical
Making= Mechanical
Stinky= Sound
Tacos= Thermal
1. Cam=Chemical
• Energy
stored in the
bonds of
atoms and
molecules.
Example: Matches,
Digestion, batteries
2. Newton= Nuclear
• Energy stored in
the nucleus of an
atom. The
energy that
holds the
nucleus together.
When broken it
releases the
energy.
Example: Breaking
down Uranium, Sun.
3. Got= Gravitational
• Energy of
place or
position.
Higher=more
gravitational
energy.
Example: two plants
4. Really= Radiant
• Electromagnetic
energy that
travels in waves
like light.
Example:
Visible Light
5. Excited= Electrical
• Movement
of
electrons.
Example: lamp,
computer
6. Making= Mechanical
• The
movement of
a substance
from one
place to
another.
Example: Riding a Motion.
bike
7. Stinky = Sound
• Movement
of energy
through
substances
in waves.
Example: bell
8. Tacos= Thermal
• The vibration
or movement
of atoms and
molecules.
Heat.
Example: stove
boiling water
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