Types of Energy

Energy is...

• the ability to do work

• Not matter

• what makes things move or change

• a drink

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Kinetic energy is...

• the energy of movement

• the movement of tiny particles

• vibrating particles

• potential energy

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Electrical energy is...

• the movement of tiny particles, called electrons

• protons

• the energy derived from gravitational potential energy or mechanical energy.
• Lightning

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Sound energy is...

• solids, liquids and gases

• the sounds we hear

• the energy of particles that are vibrating

• a car horn

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Heat energy is...

• the vibration of particles in solids, liquids and gases.

• a bonfire

• a match

• vibrating particles

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Light energy is...

• a form of kinetic energy

• the only visible form of energy we can see

• all the colours of the rainbow

• the sun

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Potential energy has two different kinds...

• Kinetic & Electric

• Sound & Heat

• Gravitational & Elastic

• Potential & Kinetic

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An example of kinetic energy is

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An example of electrical energy is

An example of sound energy is

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