FORMS OF ENERGY

ENERGY

The capacity to do work or produce change

MECHANICAL ENERGY

The energy associated with the motion and position of an object, often expressed as kinetic or potential energy.

ELECTRICAL ENERGY

A form of energy that involves the movement of electric charges; power devices and appliances.

FRICTION

The action that one surface or object encounters when moving over another; causes heat; a force that opposes motion through direct contact

THERMAL ENERGY

energy that is transformed into heat, which makes the things it reaches increase in temperature.

VIBRATION

A back and forth motion

SOUND ENERGY

a form of energy that travels in waves; these waves travel through different materials such as air, water, or solid objects