The potential energy associated with objects that can

The potential energy associated with objects that can be stretched or compressed is called elastic potential energy

The potential energy stored in the chemical bond that hold chemical compounds together

The process of burning fossil fuels in order to release the sun’s energy inside

The energy of electrical charges

Electromagnetic energy travels in waves that originate from the sun and have potential energy. The higher the frequency the more energy transmitted.

The ability to do work or cause change

Energy transformation refers to the change from one form of energy to another.

Fuels that contain energy that came from the sun.

Potential energy related to an objects height is called gravitational potential energy

The energy an object has due to its motion is referred to as kinetic energy

The law of conservation of energy, , is a law of physics. It states that the total amount of energy in an isolated system remains constant over time. For an isolated system, this law means that energy can change its location within the system, and that it can change form within the system, for instance chemical energy can become kinetic energy, but that energy can be neither created nor destroyed.

Anything that has mass and takes up space

The form of energy associated with the position and motion of an object is called mechanical energy.

Potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom. Nuclear energy is released during a nuclear reaction

Stored energy that results from the position or shape of an object is called potential energy

• Work, energy and power are all related. How? • In order to use energy you must have something to use it on. WORK • Energy creates power • Power does the work

• Kinetic energy • Potential energy

• In order to determine the mechanical energy of an object you will add both the potential and the kinetic energy together

• • • Mechanical Energy Thermal Energy Electrical Energy Chemical Energy Nuclear Energy Electromagnetic Energy

• Most forms of energy can be transformed into other forms • A change from one form of energy to another is called an energy transformation

• Energy transformation can be seen as either a single or multiple transformation which means it can undergo only a single transformation or might go through multiple transformations.

• The “law of conservation of energy” states that energy cannot be created or destroyed • The total amount of energy is the same before and after any transformation • If you add up all the new forms of energy after a transformation, all of the original energy will be accounted for.

• A fuel is a material that contains stored potential energy • The gasoline used in vehicles and the propane used in a gas grill are examples of fuels • Some of the fuels used today were made from materials that formed hundreds of millions of years ago. • These fuels include coal, petroleum, and natural gas. • Fuels that are derived from plants and forest that existed a long time ago are referred to as fossil fuels

• Fossil fuels contain energy that came from the sun • The sun is the source of most of Earth’s processes

• In the dense core of the sun during the process of nuclear fusion, nuclear energy is transformed to electromagnetic energy and then travels to Earth in the form of electromagnetic waves, this energy is then stored in other objects

In order for the fossil fuel to be usable it must first undergo a transformation from the ancient organic material that stores the energy to a source of energy human beings can use, such as the dead body of a Tyrannosaurus Rex that is turned into gas to fuel the combustion engine of our cars