forms of energy
DESCRIPTION
Forms of EnergyTRANSCRIPT
Ability to do work
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POTENTIAL ENERGY
Gravitational Potential Energy
Depends on height
Elastic Potential Energy
Associated with objects that can be stretched or compressed
CHEMICAL ENERGYenergy required to bond atoms together
NUCLEAR ENERGY released in
the form of light and
heat energy as
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> 50,000 DEGREES CELSIUS
Most concentrated form of energy
KINETIC ENERGY
MECHANICAL ENERGYenergy associated with motion
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Movement of turbines
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Internal motion of
atoms
Moving electric charges
Heat energy causes changes in the temperature and phase (solid, liquid, gas) of any form of matter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD_54Cq_UMMChanges in Energy
ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS