This document discusses different types of energy including thermal, chemical, electrical, radiant, nuclear, and mechanical energy. It provides examples for each type of energy. Thermal energy is the energy of moving molecules, chemical energy comes from atomic rearrangement during chemical reactions like in batteries, and electrical energy comes from electron flow measured in volts and amperes. Radiant energy travels in waves from a source like the sun. Nuclear energy comes from atomic nuclei combining or splitting. Mechanical energy can be kinetic from motion or potential from stored energy like a ball at the top of a ramp. The document also discusses energy chains, sources, receivers, and the law of conservation of energy. Nuclear energy occurs through fission which splits atoms or

1. Notes

2.  Thermal Energy
Chemical Energy
Electrical Energy
Radiant
Nuclear
Mechanical

3.  Energy created from the
movement of molecules (kinetic
energy)
 The faster the particles move the
greater the energy and the greater the
objects thermal energy
▪ Example: Steam Engine

4. ▪Energy created as the atoms of a
substance are rearranged through
a chemical reaction.
▪Can be a form of potential energy
depending on the position and
atomic arrangement
▪Example: Batteries
Wet /Chemical Cell/ or Dry Cell

5. Energy created through the
movement/flow of electrons.
(current)
▪Measured in volts and amperes
▪Example: Electricity

6. Energy that radiates out from a
source.
▪ Is considered a form of kinetic energy
▪ Produced by vibrations of electrically
charged particles coming from a source (sun.
lights, heater) that travels in waves called
transverse waves
Example: Sunlight
(Electromagnetic Radiation)

7. Energy created from the
combining of the nuclei or splitting
of the nucleus of an atom:
▪Two types
▪Fusion (Combining)
▪Fission (Splitting)

8. ◦ The Energy of/in motion
◦ Can be classified as either potential
or kinetic depending on the
circumstances.
◦ If its moving, then it is mechanical
energy!

9. ◦ When an object is at rest it has
potential mechanical energy
◦ Ball at top of ramp (Potential)
◦ When an object is in motion it has
kinetic mechanical energy.
◦ Car moving down the road (Kinetic)

10.  Get together with your lab partner and go to
the workstation that corresponds with your
table number.
 Follow the directions for the lab beginning on
page 2.
 Complete Page 2
 Go to your seats to complete page 3
 If you complete page 3, read page 4 and begin
to research Nuclear Energy in your textbooks
and begin page 5.

11. Energy is the ability to do work or
create change

12. There are 2 major categories of
energy
Potential Energy – Stored Energy
▪Ex. Batteries, Tank of gas
Kinetic Energy – Energy in Motion
▪EX. Car Moving, Bowling Ball Rolling

13. There are 6 basic forms of energy
 Radiant
 Thermal
 Chemical
 Electrical
 Mechanical
 Nuclear

14.  An energy chain is a tool used to describe
how energy changes as it moves along the
line
 It identifies each type of energy as it
transforms from one form to another

15. Energy Source
A term used to identify where the
energy chain begins or where the
energy comes from

16. Energy Receiver
A term used to identify where the
energy chain ends.
In many cases YOU are the
receiver

17. As energy transforms from one form
to another, some of the energy is
lost as heat, but energy is never
created or destroyed under ordinary
circumstances
This is called The Law of
Conservation of Energy

18. Nuclear Energy
 Two types
▪ Fission :
▪ Splitting the nucleus of an atom
▪ We can perform fission on earth
▪ Fusion:
▪ Combining the nuclei of two or more atoms
▪ Done in the Sun