Types of Energy by Armstrong, Jayden

Sound Energy

157787_5 — 2024-02-12 20:24:29 UTC

Sound energy is energy carried by sound waves. Sound waves are longitudinal waves that travel through matter. Sound energy is created when an object vibrates. A vibrating object produces sound, and thus sound energy. If the sound waves are loud enough, they can cause things to break like glass.

Thermal Energy

157787_5 — 2024-02-12 20:25:46 UTC

Thermal energy is associated with the temperature of an object. There are tiny particles called atoms. These atoms are always vibrating. Sometimes they vibrate at different speeds. The faster they vibrate the higher the temperature will be. A cold object's atoms vibrate much slower than a hot objects. For example, take lava and rocks. The lava's atoms are vibrating so much that it's very hot. A rock, however, is much colder and its atoms vibrate much slower.

Light Energy

157787_5 — 2024-02-12 20:27:46 UTC

Light energy is carried by light. Light usually refers to light that you can see. Visible light is electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye. All kinds of electromagnetic radiation have energy. That's why light energy is also known as radiant energy. Other types of radiant energy include infared light, radio waves, UV light, and x-rays.

Chemical Energy

157787_5 — 2024-02-12 20:28:37 UTC

Chemical energy is energy stored within the bonds between atoms of matter. It's used to keep atoms bonded, tightly, together. The bonds between atoms in food and fuel store a lot of chemical energy. When a person digests food, the bonds break and the chemical energy is released. Likewise, when fuel like gas is burned the bonds break and the stored chemical energy is released.

Mechanical Energy

157785_3 — 2024-02-12 20:29:56 UTC

Mechanical energy is energy that an item has because of its motion or position. In most instances it's motion. This type of energy can be used to hold, move, or lift objects. An example would be wind. Wind has motion and can move objects like paper airplanes.

Electrical Energy

157785_3 — 2024-02-12 20:45:43 UTC

Electrical energy is energy carried by charged particles. Electrical energy is also known as electricity. Also, charged particles can build up on an object. This phenomenon is known as static electricity. Electrical energy can also travel from place to place like on a wire. An example of this would be when you plug in your phone. The energy flows in through the wire and charges your phone.

Energy

157787_5 — 2024-02-12 22:11:34 UTC

Energy is the act of doing something and working. We use energy by using different type of energy. Energy is used on a day-to-day-basis for example: when using our phone, we use both electric energy when turning it on and kinetic energy from our body to move our fingers and use it.

Energy Transfer

157787_5 — 2024-02-13 20:12:27 UTC

Energy Transfer is energy that changes into different types of energy. For an example, the solar panel takes energy from the sun and then it turns it into Electrical Energy then it will change into other forms. It can also mean the movement of energy like Newton's Cradle. The energy from one ball is transferred through the others until it reaches the other side, and the process repeats itself until the energy is depleted.

Energy Transformation

157787_5 — 2024-02-13 20:17:18 UTC

Energy Transformations is when a type of energy turns into a different type of energy. For example, when a roller coaster goes down the side of the slope, potential energy which was stored in the roller coaster, gets changed to kinetic energy as the roller coaster goes down the slope. Another example would be when, when plants use photosynthesis. They take radiant energy from the sun and transform it into chemical energy to consume.

Law of Conservation of Energy

157787_5 — 2024-02-13 20:22:22 UTC

The Law of Conservation of Energy is a scientific law that states, " Energy cannot be created or destroyed". This means that energy doesn't just appear out of the blue, or disappear. This also means that energy just changes form.

(Question 1) Can Energy Change?

157787_5 — 2024-02-13 20:34:13 UTC

Yes, Energy can change, for an example a solar panel takes in light energy and then it gets turned into electrical energy so items in your house can work.

(Question 2) Can Energy be Created or Destroyed?

157787_5 — 2024-02-13 20:36:07 UTC

The Law of Conservation of energy states "The Law of Conservation of energy is a law that states of energy cannot be created or destroyed but it can change the type of energy." So, this tells us that Energy cannot be created or destroyed but it can only be changed or split.

(Question 3) Can an Object Transfer More Than One Type of Energy?

157787_5 — 2024-02-13 20:40:09 UTC

Yes, Energy can be transfer into more than one type of energy. For an example when you use a toaster the electrical energy from the toaster turns into thermal energy. It also transfers electrical to mechanical energy for when the toast pops out.

(Question 4) How Does Energy Flow In a System?

157785_3 — 2024-02-13 20:44:24 UTC

Energy flows in a system by one thing supplying the initial energy, then other things converting it. For example, the sun supplies light energy, then a solar panel absorbs the light energy and converts it to electrical energy, the electrical energy is then sent somewhere like a house to be converted into several things, such as thermal energy, sound energy, light energy, or mechanical energy.