Potential and Kinetic Energy

How is all energy divided?

All Energy
Potential
Energy

Gravitation
Potential
Energy

Elastic
Potential
Energy

Kinetic
Energy

Chemical
Potential
Energy

What is Potential Energy?

o Energy that is
stored and
waiting to be used
later

What is Gravitational Potential

Energy?
o Potential energy
due to an
objects position

Dont look down,

Rover!
Good boy!

o P.E. = mass x
height x
gravity

What is Elastic Potential

Energy?

o Potential energy due compression

or expansion of an elastic object.

Notice the ball compressing

and expanding

What is Chemical Potential

Energy?

o Potential energy
stored within the
chemical bonds
of an object

What is Kinetic Energy?

o Energy an object has
due to its motion
o K.E. = .5(mass x
speed2)

TYPES OF
ENERGY
Mechanical,
Electromagnetic,
Electrical,
Chemical and Thermal

What is Mechanical Energy?

o Energy due to a

objects motion
(kinetic) or position
(potential).
The bowling ball has
mechanical energy.
When the ball strikes
the pins, mechanical
energy is transferred
to the pins!

Examples of Mechanical Energy

What is Electromagnetic
Energy?
o Light energy
o Includes energy
from gamma rays,
xrays, ultraviolet
rays, visible light,
infrared rays,
microwave and
radio bands

What is Electrical Energy?

o Energy caused by
the movement of
electrons
o Easily
transported
through power
lines and converted
into other forms of
energy

What is Chemical Energy?

o Energy that is

available for release

from chemical
reactions.
The chemical bonds
in a matchstick
store energy that is
transformed into
thermal energy
when the match is
struck.

Examples of Chemical Energy

What is Thermal Energy?

o

Heat energy

o The heat energy of an

object determines how

active its atoms are.
A hot object is one whose
atoms and molecules are
excited and show rapid
movement.
A cooler object's molecules
and atoms will show less
movement.

QUIZ TIME!
What type of energy
cooks food in a
microwave oven?
ELECTROMAGNETIC
ENERGY
What type of energy
is the spinning plate
inside of a
microwave oven?
MECHANICAL ENERGY

QUIZ TIME!
Electrical energy is
transported to your house
through power lines.
When you plug an electric
fan to a power outlet,
electrical energy is
transform into what type
of energy?
MECHANICAL ENERGY

QUIZ TIME!
What energy
transformation occurs
when an electric lamp is
turned on?
ELECTRICAL ENERGY

ELECTROMAGNETIC
ENERGY

What types of energy are shown

below?

Mechanical and Thermal Energy

(Dont forget friction)

What type of energy is shown

below?

Chemical Energy

What types of energy are shown

below?

Electrical, Mechanical and

Electromagnetic Energy

What type of energy is shown

below?

Chemical Energy (yummy)

What type of energy is shown

below?

Thermal Energy

Heat Transfer
Conduction, Convection and
Radiation

What is Conduction?
Conduction heat
transferred by
particles colliding
into one another,
such as in a metal.
Transfer of energy
by touch
Not an effective
transfer in a gas.
Primarily solids

Conduction

What is Convection?
Convection heat transferred by the
circulation of a fluid (or gas), such as in a
heating system at home; important near
the surface of the Sun.
Hot air rises cool
air falls

Convection

What is Radiation?
Radiation heat transferred by the flow of
electromagnetic radiation, like heat felt
from the campfire.
Radiation is the only type of heat transfer
that can happen in a vacuum.
Heat transfer
through waves

Radiation

Heat Transfer Sum It Up

CONDUCTION: the transfer of energy through
matter by direct contact of particles.
This can happen in solids, liquids and gases.
CONVECTION: the transfer of energy because of
the movement of bulk masses of particles.
This can happen only in liquids and gases not in solids.
RADIATION: the transfer of energy by
electromagnetic waves.
Energy can move by radiation in air like the heat
from your electric stove top, or in the vacuum of
space the way the Sun heats the Earth. In
radiation, the energy does not have to transfer
through mass (particles).

Conduction, Convection, or Radiation?

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