Study for Quiz: Forms of Energy and Energy Transformations

energy carried by an electric current

• electric energy
• mechanical energy
• nuclear energy
• sound energy

the ability to cause change or do work

• work
• friction
• Law of Conservation of Energy
• energy

energy due to motion

• electric energy
• kinetic energy
• nuclear energy
• potential energy

TOTAL ENERGY of an object or group of objects due to large scale motions or interactions (PE + KE)

• mechanical energy
• potential energy
• sound energy
• thermal energy

energy stored in the nucleus of an atom

• kinetic energy
• mechanical energy
• nuclear energy
• radiant/light energy

Energy due to an object's position (depends on the object’s mass and height)

• gravitational potential energy
• elastic potential energy
• chemical potential energy

energy carried by electromagnetic waves (can travel through space)

• electric energy
• nuclear energy
• radiant/light energy
• sound energy

energy carried by sound waves due to vibrations

• electric energy
• mechanical energy
• radiant/light energy
• sound energy

energy due to the motion of particles that make up an object

• electric energy
• nuclear energy
• radiant/light energy
• thermal energy

transfer of energy that occurs when a force is applied over a distance

• work
• friction
• Law of Conservation of Energy