Energy Stores and Transfers

Hot objects have energy in this energy store

• Thermal

• Elastic Potential

• Gravitational Potential

• Chemical

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A roller coaster at the top of a hill has energy in this energy store.

• Gravitational Potential

• Thermal

• Elastic Potential

• Chemical

Food, fuels and batteries have energy in this energy store

• Chemical

• Thermal

• Gravitational Potential

• Elastic

A stretched rubber band has energy in this energy store

• Magnetic

• Electrostatic

• Elastic

• Nuclear

Two magnets close together have energy in this energy store.

• Chemical

• Elastic

• Magnetic

• Gravitational Potential

Two negatively charged particles which are close together have energy in this energy store

• Electrostatic

• Magnetic

• Nuclear

• Elastic

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom

• Nuclear

• Magnetic

• Electrostatic

• Chemical

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Every moving object has energy in this energy store

• Kinetic

• Elastic

• Chemical

• Nuclear

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Energy which is transferred by a force moving an object through a distance

• Mechanically

• Electrically

• By Radiation

• By Heating

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Energy which is transferred by charges moving due to a potential difference (voltage)

• Mechanically

• Electrically

• By Radiation

• By Heating