Transfer vs. Transform

• Energy Transfer


  Energy is moved from one place to another
• Energy Transfer


  • Heat moves from fire to you
  • Light moves from the sun to your eyes
  • Electricity moves along a wire
• Energy Transform


  Energy changes from one form to another
• Energy Transform


  • Stored energy turns into sound and kinetic energy
  • Electrical energy turns into light energy and heat energy
  • Chemical energy turns into light energy and sound energy
  • Electrical energy turns into heat energy and kinetic energy
• Law of Conservation of Energy: Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only converted from one form to another