Energy Stores

Cards (14)

  • What are the different types of energy stores mentioned?
    Chemical, thermal, kinetic, gravitational potential, elastic potential
  • Where is chemical energy stored?
    In food and fuels
  • What is thermal energy stored in?
    Hot objects
  • What is kinetic energy?
    Energy stored in moving objects
  • What does gravitational potential energy depend on?
    The position of an object in a gravitational field
  • How does lifting weights affect gravitational potential energy?
    It increases the energy stored in gravitational potential
  • Which books have more gravitational potential energy?
    Books on the highest shelf
  • What happens to a spring when it is compressed?
    It stores elastic potential energy
  • What is the key principle about energy mentioned?
    Energy can never be created or destroyed
  • What happens to chemical energy when heating water on a fire?
    It decreases while thermal energy increases
  • What does the law of conservation of energy state?
    Total energy before equals total energy after
  • What happens to the surroundings due to wasted energy?
    They heat up a little
  • What are the ways to transfer energy mentioned?
    • Electrical
    • Sound
    • Light
  • Can energy be created or destroyed?
    No