Types of Energy & Transformations

The capacity to do work is

• Thermal

• Kinetic

• Energy

• Electric

the energy of an object or substance in movement, sometimes just called kinetic energy

• Electric Energy

• Gravitational

• Motion

• Potential Energy

the energy something has due to place or position, such as its heights above the Earth; a form of potential energy

• Gravitational energy

• Motion energy

• Thermal Energy

• Sound Energy

the energy of electrons (negatively charged particles) moving or “flowing” within a substance

• Heat Energy

• Light energy

• Electric energy

• Mechanical energy

electromagnetic energy that travels in waves; also called radiant energy

• sound energy

• electrical energy

• heat energy

• Light energy

the internal energy of a substance due to random vibration and movement of its atoms and molecules, also called thermal energy

• Light energy

• Heat energy

• sound energy

• Electrical energy

energy that moves through substances (like air) by compression waves; music

• Sound energy

• Light energy

• Electrical energy

• Thermal energy

energy stored in the chemical bonds between atoms and molecules

• Nuclear Energy

• Electrical Energy

• Chemical energy

• Kinetic Energy

energy stored in the nucleus of an atom; the energy that holds an atom together; sometimes called atomic energy

• Chemical Energy

• Kinetic energy

• Nuclear Energy

• Electrical Energy

The combination of Kinetic and Potential energy is referred to as

• Stored energy

• Mechanical Energy

• combined energy

• Thermal energy