Learn About Energy For A Cheap Price

6 2018 The NEED Project Secondary Energy Infobook www.NEED.orgForms of EnergyChemical EnergyElasticEnergyNuclearEnergyGravitationalPotential Energy ElectricalEnergyRadiantEnergyThermalEnergyMotionEnergySoundEnergyPOTENTIAL KINETICWhat Is Energy?Energy does things for us. It moves cars along the road and boats on the water. It bakes a cake in the oven and keeps ice frozen in the freezer. It plays our favorite songs and lights our homes at night. Energy helps our bodies grow and our minds think. Energy is a changing, doing, moving, working thing. Energy is defined as the ability to produce change or do work, and that work can be divided into several main tasks we easily recognize: Energy produces light. Energy produces heat. Energy produces motion. Energy produces sound. Energy produces growth. Energy powers technology.Forms of Energy There are many forms of energy, but they all fall into two categories-potential or kinetic. POTENTIAL ENERGY Potential energy is stored energy and the energy of position, or gravitational potential energy. There are several forms of potential energy, including: Chemical energy is energy stored in the bonds of atoms and molecules. It is the energy that holds these particles together. Foods we eat, biomass, petroleum, natural gas, and propane are examples of stored chemical energy.During photosynthesis, sunlight gives plants the energy