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4.1 energy
Energy changes
Energy stores and systems: Energy: Physics: GCSE (9:1)
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System
An
object
or
group
of
objects
Kinetic
The
energy
of a
moving
object
Chemical
The
energy stored
in
chemical bonds
Gravitational potential
The
energy
stored in an object when it is
raised
against
gravity
Elastic potential
The energy stored when an object is
stretched
or
compressed
Internal
(
thermal
)
The
total kinetic
and
potential energy
of the
particles
in an
object
Magnetic
The
energy
stored when
repelling
poles are pushed together or when
attracting
poles are pulled apart
Electrostatic
The
energy
stored when
repelling
charges are pushed together or when
attracting
charges are pulled apart
Nuclear
The
energy stored
in the
nuclei
of
atoms
Mechanically
When
energy
is
transferred
by a
force moving
an
object
through a
distance
Electrically
When energy is transferred by charges
moving
due to a
potential difference
By heating
When energy is
transferred
due to a
temperature difference
By
radiation
When
energy
is
transferred
as a
wave
Doing work
The scientific way of saying that energy has been transferred
Energy
The
capacity
to do
work
