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Energy Forms and Changes

This document discusses different forms of energy. It defines energy as the ability to do work or displace something. The five main forms of energy are heat (thermal), chemical, electromagnetic, nuclear, and mechanical. Examples are provided for each form of energy. Living organisms need energy for growth and movement. Energy can be involved in activities like a bird flying, a bomb exploding, or electricity flowing in a wire.

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Energy Forms and Changes

This document discusses different forms of energy. It defines energy as the ability to do work or displace something. The five main forms of energy are heat (thermal), chemical, electromagnetic, nuclear, and mechanical. Examples are provided for each form of energy. Living organisms need energy for growth and movement. Energy can be involved in activities like a bird flying, a bomb exploding, or electricity flowing in a wire.

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Energy:

Forms and
Changes
Nature of Energy

¡  Energy is all around you!


l  You can hear energy as sound.
l  You can see energy as light.

l  And you can feel it as wind.


Nature of Energy

¡  You
use energy
when you:
l  hit a softball.
l  lift your book
bag.
l  compress a
spring.
Nature of Energy

Living organisms need


energy for growth and
movement.
Nature of Energy
¡  Energy is involved
when:
l  a bird flies.
l  a bomb explodes.
l  rain falls from the
sky.
l  electricity flows in
a wire.
Nature of Energy

¡  What is energy that it can be


involved in so many different
activities?
l  Energy can be defined as the
ability to do work or displace
something.
l  If an object or organism does
work (exerts a force over a
distance to move an object) the
object or organism uses energy.
Forms of Energy
¡  The five main forms
of energy are:
l  Heat (thermal)
l  Chemical

l  Electromagnetic

l  Nuclear

l  Mechanical
Heat Energy

¡  The internal motion of the atoms is


called heat energy, because moving
particles produce heat.
¡  Heat energy can be produced by
friction.
¡  Heat energy causes changes in
temperature and phase of any form
of matter.
Chemical Energy

¡  Chemical Energy is required to


bond atoms together.
¡  And when bonds are broken,
energy is released.
Examples of Chemical Energy
Chemical Energy

¡  Fuel
and food
are forms of
stored
chemical
energy.
Electromagnetic Energy
¡  Power lines carry electromagnetic
energy into your home in the form of
electricity.
Electromagnetic Energy
¡  Light is a form of
electromagnetic energy.
¡  Each color of light (Roy G
Bv) represents a different
amount of
electromagnetic energy.
¡  Electromagnetic Energy is
also carried by X-rays,
radio waves, and laser
light.
Nuclear Energy

¡  The
nucleus
of an atom is
the source of
nuclear
energy.
Nuclear Energy

¡  When the nucleus splits (fission),


nuclear energy is released in the
form of heat energy and light
energy.
¡  Nuclear energy is also released
when nuclei collide at high speeds
and join (fuse).
Nuclear Energy

The sun’s energy


is produced from
a nuclear fusion
reaction in which
hydrogen nuclei
fuse to form
helium nuclei.
Nuclear Energy

¡  Nuclear
energy is the
most
concentrated
form of
energy.
Mechanical Energy

¡  When
work is done to an
object, it acquires energy.
The energy it acquires is
known as mechanical energy.
Mechanical Energy

¡  When you


kick a
football, you
give
mechancal
energy to the
football to
make it move.
Mechanical Energy

An example
of
mechanical
energy is
the wind as
it turns a
windmill.

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