Difference between revisions of "Forms of energy"

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Pupils need to know nine different forms of energy:
 
=Potential Energy=
 
=Potential Energy=
 
* Chemical potential
 
* Chemical potential

Latest revision as of 06:15, 9 June 2009

Pupils need to know nine different forms of energy:

Potential Energy

  • Chemical potential
  • Gravitational potential
  • Nuclear potential
  • Elastic potential

Energy in Use

  • Kinetic
  • Thermal (not "heat energy")
  • Light or radiant energy
  • Sound
  • Electrical (not "electric energy")