Energy types
Energy types
- Created by: zavabia
- Created on: 27-04-14 10:48
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- Energy
- Gravitational potential
- The energy gained as an object is moved AWAY from the earth
- Kinetic
- The energy of an object due to its movement
- Chemical
- Stored energy that can be released in a chemical reaction
- Strain
- The energy stored when an object changes shape
- Electrical
- The energy carried by an electric current
- Sound
- The energy carried by a sound wave
- Internal energy
- Total kinetic and potential energies of all the particles in an object
- Thermal (heat) energy
- The energy released when the temperature of a hot object decreases due to a decrease in its internal energy
- Nuclear
- Stored energy that can be released in a nuclear reaction
- Light
- Energy given off, for example, by very hot objects
- Gravitational potential
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