Energy

• What is an energy store?

  Where energy is kept before use
• How does a battery function as an energy store?

  It stores electrical energy for later use
• What type of energy is gravitational potential energy?

  Energy when something is lifted high
• What is kinetic energy associated with?

  Moving objects like a car
• What type of energy is stored in food and fuels?

  Chemical energy
• What is electrostatic energy?

  Energy between charged objects
• What are the different forms of energy stores?

  • Chemical: Stored in food and fuels
  • Kinetic: In moving objects
  • Gravitational potential: When lifted high
  • Elastic potential: In stretched or compressed things
  • Thermal: Heat energy
  • Magnetic: In magnetic fields
  • Electrostatic: Between charged objects
  • Nuclear: In the nuclei of atoms
• What type of energy is found in magnetic fields?

  Magnetic energy
• What is thermal energy?

  Heat energy
• Where is nuclear energy stored?

  In the nuclei of atoms
• What does elastic potential energy refer to?

  Energy in stretched or compressed things