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ECC - Session 4
ECC - Session 4
Energy Conversion
Energy
Forms of Energy
Electrical Circuits and Energy Conversion SESSION 4
Energy Conversion
What is energy?
•Cannot be created or destroye
•Can be transferred from one body to
another during an activity or
proces
•EXAMPLE: Eating- energy transfers
from the food to our bod
•Can change from one form to
anothe
•EXAMPLE: Chemical Potential Energy
from food > Kinetic Energy when we
move
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• Light Energ
• Heat Energ
• Sound Energ
• Electrical Energ
• Kinetic Energ
• Potential Energy
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Provides
Energy electrical
Energy Makes equipment Energy a Energy
that things Energy with the moving that is
helps us warm or that we energy to object stored in
see hot can hear work has an object
Electrical Circuits and Energy Conversion SESSION 4
Energy Conversion
POTENTIAL ENERGY
•Energy stored in object
•Forms of Potential Energy
•Gravitational Potential Energy- energy that is stored because of
an object's position or height above Earth's surfac
•Chemical Potential Energy- energy that is stored in chemical
•Elastic Potential Energy- energy is stored when materials
stretch or compress
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