Work and Energy Part 1: The Basics

What is the energy of moving objects? What is the energy of an object that is in motion?

• Potential energy

• Kinetic energy

• Motion energy

• Stationary energy

What is the energy that is stored energy? This energy can be released to transformed at a future time.

• Potential energy

• Kinetic energy

• Motion energy

• Stationary energy

Electrons flowing through a conductive medium.

• Electricity

• Thermal energy

• Radiant energy

• Nuclear energy

Internal energy moving from hotter matter to colder matter.

• Electricity

• Thermal energy

• Radiant energy

• Nuclear energy

Light energy. Energy transfer by photons through space.

• Electricity

• Thermal energy

• Radiant energy

• Nuclear energy

The energy that holds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atoms.

• Electricity

• Thermal energy

• Radiant energy

• Nuclear energy

Energy stored in an object that has been lifted or raised above a surface.

• Chemical potential energy

• Elastic potential energy

• Photosynthesis

• Gravitational potential energy

Energy stored in molecules. This energy can be released by chemical reactions.

• Chemical potential energy

• Elastic potential energy

• Photosynthesis

• Gravitational potential energy

Plants use sunlight, CO₂, and H₂O to make sugar and oxygen.

• Chemical potential energy

• Elastic potential energy

• Photosynthesis

• Gravitational potential energy

This energy is created when an object is stretched or compressed, and the internal force of the object tries to return the object back to its original shape.

• Chemical potential energy

• Elastic potential energy

• Photosynthesis

• Gravitational potential energy