types of energy stores

• Energy store


  The capacity for doing work
• Types of energy store

  • Magnetic
  • Internal (thermal)
  • Chemical
  • Kinetic
  • Electrostatic
  • Elastic potential
  • Gravitational potential
  • Nuclear
• Magnetic energy store


  • The energy stored when repelling poles have been pushed closer together or when attracting poles have been pulled further apart
• Magnetic energy store


  • Fridge magnets
  • Compasses
  • Maglev trains which use magnetic levitation
• Internal (thermal) energy store

  • The total kinetic and potential energy of the particles in an object, in most cases this is the vibrations - also known as the kinetic energy - of particles. In hotter objects, the particles have more internal energy and vibrate faster
• Internal (thermal) energy store

  • Human bodies
  • Hot coffees
  • Stoves or hobs
  • Ice particles vibrate slower, but still have energy
• Chemical energy store


  • The energy stored in chemical bonds, such as those between molecules
• Chemical energy store


  • Foods
  • Muscles
  • Electrical cells
• Kinetic energy store


  • The energy of a moving object
• Kinetic energy store


  • Runners
  • Buses
  • Comets
• Electrostatic energy store


  • The energy stored when repelling charges have been moved closer together or when attracting charges have been pulled further apart
• Electrostatic energy store


  • Thunderclouds
  • Van De Graaff generators
• Elastic potential energy store


  • The energy stored when an object is stretched or squashed
• Gravitational potential energy store


  • The energy of an object at height
• Gravitational potential energy store

  • Aeroplanes
  • Kites
  • Mugs on a table
• Nuclear energy store


  • The energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
• potential energy is stored energy that can be converted into kinetic energy or other forms of energy.
• elastic potential energy is when objects are stretched, compressed or deformed by forces acting on them.
• kinetic energy is the energy an object has due to its motion
• gravitational potential energy is due to gravity and depends on the height above ground level.
• kinetic energy is the energy possessed by moving objects as they move through space.
• nuclear potential energy is the energy released from splitting atoms (fission) or joining two smaller ones together (fusion).
• the law of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be created nor destroyed but only changed from one form to another.
• electrical energy is the energy transferred through electrical circuits
• nuclear energy is the energy released during nuclear reactions
• chemical energy is the energy released from chemical reactions
• chemical energy is released during chemical reactions such as burning fuels.
• thermal energy is the energy associated with temperature and heat content of matter.