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    What Is Energy?: Lesson 1

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    Energy is the ability to do work or cause physical change. There are two main types of energy: potential energy, which is stored energy due to an object's position, and kinetic energy, which is energy of motion. Potential energy can be converted to kinetic energy, such as when a book lifted above a table falls and its impact releases energy. The Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only changed from one form to another, such as chemical to electrical.

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    What Is Energy?: Lesson 1

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    Energy is the ability to do work or cause physical change. There are two main types of energy: potential energy, which is stored energy due to an object's position, and kinetic energy, which is energy of motion. Potential energy can be converted to kinetic energy, such as when a book lifted above a table falls and its impact releases energy. The Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only changed from one form to another, such as chemical to electrical.

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    Energy is the ability to do work or cause physical change. There are two main types of energy: potential energy, which is stored energy due to an object's position, and kinetic energy, which is energy of motion. Potential energy can be converted to kinetic energy, such as when a book lifted above a table falls and its impact releases energy. The Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only changed from one form to another, such as chemical to electrical.

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    What Is Energy?: Lesson 1

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    Energy is the ability to do work or cause physical change. There are two main types of energy: potential energy, which is stored energy due to an object's position, and kinetic energy, which is energy of motion. Potential energy can be converted to kinetic energy, such as when a book lifted above a table falls and its impact releases energy. The Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only changed from one form to another, such as chemical to electrical.

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    Lesson 1:

    What is Energy?
    Energy is the
    ability to do
    work. It is the
    capacity or
    ability to cause
    a physical
    change.
    There are two major types
    of energy:
    1. Potential Energy
    - energy that is stored in
    an object; energy that an object has because
    of its position relative to other objects

    - energy that is doing


    2. Kinetic Energy
    work; the energy that an object has
    because of its motion
    Discovery Education Video:
    Potential and Kinetic Energy
    Potential energy is stored energy, or energy of position. Kinetic
    energy is energy of motion. A book that has been lifted from the
    floor and placed on a table has stored potential energy due to
    gravity. A falling book, however, has kinetic energy, and the force
    of its impact with the ground will release energy. Likewise, the
    first hill of a rollercoaster should be the highest, so that the most
    potential energy is stored before the ride drops and potential
    energy is converted to kinetic energy. A battery has chemical
    potential energy, and its chemical energy is stored until it is
    connected to a circuit, where its chemical energy can be changed
    to electrical energy.
    Discovery Education Video:
    Potential and Kinetic Energy

    Potential energy is stored energy. It is the energy


    of position. Kinetic energy is the energy of motion.
    Energy can exist in several
    forms.
    1. Electrical Energy
    2. Heat Energy
    3. Light Energy
    4. Sound Energy
    5. Mechanical Energy
    6. Magnetic Energy
    The Law of Conservation of
    Matter and Energy tells us
    that matter and energy cannot
    be created or destroyed.

    But they can change


    forms!
    Key Questions:
    1) What is energy?

    2) What are the two types of energy? How


    are these types of energy different?

    3) What is the Law of Conservation of


    Matter and Energy? What does it tell us
    about the different forms of energy.

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