Energy stores and systems: Energy: Physics: GCSE (9:1)

• 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