Beck Forms of Energy

Energy

The ability to do work or to create change.

Electrical Energy

The movement of electrons.

Mechanical Energy

A form of energy calculated by adding the potential and kinetic energy of a system.

Chemical Energy

the energy released when chemical bonds between atoms or molecules are broken.

Thermal/Heat Energy

The vibration of atoms and molecules within substances. The higher the temperature the faster they move.

Nuclear Energy

The energy that holds the nucleus of an atom together. The energy is released when the nucleus of an atom is split apart or combined together with another nucleus.

Sound Energy

Energy is transferred through the substance in a longitudinal wave when a force causes the atoms or molecules in a substance to vibrate.

Law of Conservation of Energy

Energy is neither created nor destroyed, it just changes forms.

Solar/Light Energy

energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy

Static Electricity (Energy)

the accumulation of excess electric charge on an object