Energy around us!

(LOB): Understand what energy is and does.

(LOUT):
I can
- Describe energy
- Recall the law of conservation of energy
- List 6 ways energy can be found
- Identify the type of energy being used (in different
scenarios).
Energy can not be created or
destroyed, simply transferred to
another form or substance.

This is called the Law of Conservation

of Energy!
The main types of ENERGY
1. Kinetic energy -energy due to
movement
2. Thermal energy - energy due to heat
3. Light Energy – energy we can
see!
4. Sound Energy – energy we can
hear!
5. Electrical energy – energy we
couldn’t live without!
We can also store energy….
6. Potential energy - stored energy
due to the position or state of an
object

a) Gravitational potential energy

b) Elastic potential energy
c) Chemical potential energy
a) Gravitational potential energy – energy
stored because of an object’s height above
the ground
b) Elastic potential energy – energy stored
in an object that is stretched or squashed
 c) Chemical potential energy – energy
stored in the bonds between atoms and
molecules in substances
 d) Nuclear potential energy –
energy stored inside the atoms
that make up matter
Identify the type of energy found
in the following
 Questions
Q1 We’ve just blown up a balloon, can you work
out what type of energy it has?
Q2. Which type of energy does the balloons
potential energy turn into when we let go?
Q3. In which order does energy change from
one type to another when you ride a bike and
then stop?
Q4 Which type of energy does a runner have?
questions
 Quick Quiz
1. The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy

can not be created or ______________

simply transferred to another ____________ or

substance.

2. There are three main types of energy;

_____________ energy, _____________ energy

and _____________ energy.

 Quick Quiz

3. ________________ energy is energy due to

movement.

4. Thermal energy is energy due to

_________________.
5. _______________ energy is stored energy. There are three

types of _________________ energy; ________________

______________ energy, _____________ _____________

energy, _____________ ______________ energy.

6. _____________ ______________ energy is a type of

potential energy due to the object’s height above the

ground.
7. _____________ ______________ energy is a

type of potential energy due to energy stored

between atoms and molecules in substances.

8. Elastic potential energy is a type of potential

energy due to the energy stored in an object

that is _________________ or _________________.