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What kind of energy can be transferred?
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Many kinds (forms) of energy can be transferred. Common ones are:
- Kinetic energy — energy of motion (e.g., a moving ball transfers kinetic energy in a collision).
- Potential energy — stored energy due to position or configuration (gravitational, elastic). Changing position or releasing a spring transfers this energy.
- Thermal energy (heat) — energy of random microscopic motion; transferred by conduction, convection, or radiation (e.g., a hot pan warming your hand).
- Chemical energy — stored in chemical bonds; transferred or released in chemical reactions (e.g., burning fuel).
- Electrical energy — carried by moving charges in a circuit (e.g., current doing work in a motor).
- Radiant (electromagnetic) energy — light and other EM waves transfer energy across space (e.g., sunlight warming the Earth).
- Sound energy — energy carried by pressure waves in a medium (e.g., a speaker transmitting sound).
- Nuclear energy — energy in atomic nuclei released in fission or fusion.
Ways energy is transferred include work (mechanical forces), heat (thermal conduction/convection/radiation), electrical currents, and radiation. Energy is conserved: it can be transferred and converted among these forms but not created or destroyed.
- Kinetic energy — energy of motion (e.g., a moving ball transfers kinetic energy in a collision).
- Potential energy — stored energy due to position or configuration (gravitational, elastic). Changing position or releasing a spring transfers this energy.
- Thermal energy (heat) — energy of random microscopic motion; transferred by conduction, convection, or radiation (e.g., a hot pan warming your hand).
- Chemical energy — stored in chemical bonds; transferred or released in chemical reactions (e.g., burning fuel).
- Electrical energy — carried by moving charges in a circuit (e.g., current doing work in a motor).
- Radiant (electromagnetic) energy — light and other EM waves transfer energy across space (e.g., sunlight warming the Earth).
- Sound energy — energy carried by pressure waves in a medium (e.g., a speaker transmitting sound).
- Nuclear energy — energy in atomic nuclei released in fission or fusion.
Ways energy is transferred include work (mechanical forces), heat (thermal conduction/convection/radiation), electrical currents, and radiation. Energy is conserved: it can be transferred and converted among these forms but not created or destroyed.
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