Energy stores and systems

Energy

What objects have kinetic energy?

Moving objects

What objects have thermal energy?

All objects.

What objects have chemical energy?

Anything that can release energy during a chemical reaction.

What objects have elastic potential energy?

Things that are stretched.

What objects have gravitational potential energy?

Anything that is raised.

What objects have electrostatic energy?

charges that attract or repel.

What objects have magnetic energy?

Magnets that attract or repel.

What has nuclear energy?

When the nucleus of an atom releases energy.

What 3 ways can energy be transferred?

Mechanically, electrically and heating

What does it mean if energy is mechanically transferred?

When work is done

What does it mean if energy is transferred electrically?

When moving charge does work

What does it mean if energy is transferred by heating?

When energy is transferred from a hotter object to a colder object.