Y7 Energy Stores and Transfers

kinetic store

Energy stored in objects that move

chemical store

Energy stored in food and fuels.

thermal store

The energy stored in an object that is hot.

elastic potential store

The energy stored when an object is being stretched, compressed or squashed.

gravitational potential store

The energy stored in an object as it is raised above the ground.

transferred electrically

energy transferred by current in wires

Transferred mechanically

energy transferred by mechanical movement

Transferred by heating

energy transferred from a hotter object away to another object or into the surroundings

Transferred by radiation

energy transferred by light/sound waves

dissipated energy / dissipation of energy

the energy that is not usefully transferred and stored in less useful ways

useful energy

Energy transferred to where it is wanted in the form it is wanted.

wasted energy

Energy that is not usefully transferred