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Energy
Genius is that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates.
Samuel Johnson
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Energy is the ability to do work or cause change
- Caused by forces
- Kinetic Energy - the energy of motion
- Can be increased
- Increasing speed
- Increasing mass
- Potential Energy - is stored energy - it has "potential" to do something
- Elastic potential energy - elastic can store energy and convert it to motion when it is released.
- Gravitational potential energy - is the energy an object has when we raise it off the ground.
- Chemical potential energy is the energy stored in chemical bonds of molecules
- Can be increased
- Increasing height
- Increasing mass
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Forms of energy
- Electrical
- Mechanical
- Chemical
- Nuclear
- Radiant
- Thermal
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Conservation of energy
- Energy is not created or destroyed
There are two types of energy: