AQA GCSE Physics - Energy stores and pathways

Chemical Energy

• Energy stored due to the vibrations of the molecules of a substance. The hotter the substance, the greater the energy stored.
• Energy stored because of the chemical makeup of a substance e.g. foods, fuels, batteries
• Energy stored when a charged object is in an electric field (e.g. a charged balloon)
• Energy stored by objects due to their position above Earth's surface

Elastic Potential Energy

• Potential energy that is stored when an object is stretched or compressed (squashed)
• Energy stored by objects due to their position above Earth's surface
• Energy stored due to the vibrations of the molecules of a substance. The hotter the substance, the greater the energy stored.
• Energy stored when a charged object is in an electric field (e.g. a charged balloon)

Electrical work

• energy transferred from a hotter object to a colder object
• Energy transferred by waves or vibrations e.g. light, sound, mechanical waves
• Energy transferred when a force moves an object
• Energy transferred when an electric current flows

Electrostatic Energy

• Energy stored because of the chemical makeup of a substance e.g. foods, fuels, batteries
• Energy transferred by waves or vibrations e.g. light, sound, mechanical waves
• Energy stored when a charged object is in an electric field (e.g. a charged balloon)
• Energy stored by objects due to their position above Earth's surface

Gravitational Potential Energy

• Energy stored by objects due to their position above Earth's surface
• Energy stored when a charged object is in an electric field (e.g. a charged balloon)
• Potential energy that is stored when an object is stretched or compressed (squashed)
• Energy stored because of the chemical makeup of a substance e.g. foods, fuels, batteries

Heating

• Energy transferred when a force moves an object
• energy transferred from a hotter object to a colder object
• Energy transferred when an electric current flows
• Energy transferred by waves or vibrations e.g. light, sound, mechanical waves

Internal (thermal) Energy

• Energy stored when a charged object is in an electric field (e.g. a charged balloon)
• Energy stored when a magnetic object is in a magnetic field.
• Potential energy that is stored when an object is stretched or compressed (squashed)
• Energy stored due to the vibrations of the molecules of a substance. The hotter the substance, the greater the energy stored.

Kinetic Energy

• The energy an object has due to the speed in which it is moving
• Energy transferred when a force moves an object
• Potential energy that is stored when an object is stretched or compressed (squashed)
• Energy stored by objects due to their position above Earth's surface

Magnetic Energy

• Energy stored by objects due to their position above Earth's surface
• Energy stored when a charged object is in an electric field (e.g. a charged balloon)
• Energy stored due to the vibrations of the molecules of a substance. The hotter the substance, the greater the energy stored.
• Energy stored when a magnetic object is in a magnetic field.

Mechanical work

• Energy transferred when a force moves an object
• Energy transferred by waves or vibrations e.g. light, sound, mechanical waves
• energy transferred from a hotter object to a colder object
• Energy transferred when an electric current flows