Types of Energy - LVL 1

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What is energy?

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The ability to do work.

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What are the two main categories of energy?

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Kinetic energy and potential energy.

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What type of energy is sound energy classified as?

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Kinetic energy.

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What type of energy is elastic energy classified as?

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Potential energy.

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Energy delivered by tiny charged particles called electrons is called what?

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Electrical energy.

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What is kinetic energy?

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Energy that an object possesses due to its motion.

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What is potential energy?

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Energy stored in an object due to its position or state.

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Give an example of kinetic energy.

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A moving car or a flowing river.

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Give an example of potential energy.

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A stretched rubber band or water stored in a dam.

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What is thermal energy?

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Energy that comes from the temperature of matter.