Forms of Energy
Mechanical Energy
Thermal Energy
Electrical Energy
Chemical Energy
Nuclear Energy
Electromagnetic Energy
Energy related to motion or position of an object
The most common form of electromagnetic energy is the suns rays, other common forms of electromagnetic energy is microwaves, X-rays, ultraviolet radiation, infrared radiation, and radio waves
Mechanical energy is a combination of potential and kinetic energy
Objects can have mechanical energy and have either potential energy or kinetic
Electrical energy is the energy of electrical charges
Car moving is mechanical and kinetic energy
Trophy sitting on a shelf is mechanical and potential energy
Depending on weather the charges are moving or stored they can be kinetic or potential
For instance, lightning is electrical energy.
the kinetic energy and the potential energy on an object combined is called thermal energy
Mechanical Energy = Potential Energy + Kinetic Energy
Objects with mechanical energy have the ability to do work. More mechanical energy an object has, the more work it can do.
Almost everything is made of chemical compounds
Chemical energy is potential energy that is in chemical bonds
Bonds between atoms or molecules
It is in food, matches, and your cells
Electromagnetic energy travels in waves, these waves have some electrical properties and some magnetic properties
therefor if you are eating ice cream during the summer the air has thermal energy and the ice cream is cold so as the ice cream melts it is gaining thermal energy
cold is just the lack of thermal energy
Nuclear energy is energy stored in the nucleus
It is released during a nuclear reaction