ENERGY

BY OUR GROUP
 WHAT REALLY IS ENERGY

Energy is defined as the “ability to do work, which is the ability to

exert a force causing displacement of an object.” Despite this
confusing definition, its meaning is very simple: energy is just the
force that causes things to move.
TYPES OF ENERGY

Energy is divided into two types: potential and kinetic..

The best way to think about them is that potential energy occurs
before an action, and kinetic energy happens during an action.
Imagine you are holding your physics textbook up in the air. It has
the potential to drop, just because of its high position. If you let the
textbook drop, the potential energy is converted into kinetic energy
the energy in the movement itself.
 HOW DOES IT WORK
Energy comes in many different forms. Some of the more familiar forms include:
mechanical energy: the moving force behind machinery
chemical energy: derived from anything that undergoes chemical reactions to provide us
with heat or sustenance, such as wood, coal, oil, food, etc.
muscular energy: derived from the chemical energy of the food we eat
thermal energy: converted from heat, such as the steam in a steam engine or heat of
exploding gases in a combustion engine
light energy: some organisms, mostly plants, derive their energy from the sun in a process
called photosynthesis
electrical energy: an electric charge associated with power, magnets, and electrical currents
nuclear energy: energy released by atoms and converted to heat, then to electrical energy
 LAW OF CONSERVATION OF
ENERGY
In 1842, Julius Robert Mayer discovered the
Law of Conservation of Energy. In its most
compact form, it is now called the First Law of
Thermodynamics.
Simply put, there is a finite amount of energy
in the world, so none can ever be created nor
destroyed. This means that when something
loses energy, it cannot truly disappear; instead,
it gets transferred to something else.
However, something to keep in mind is that no
transfer of energy is 100 per cent efficient.
Some energy will always be lost as heat and
sound.
 WHY DOES ENERGY MATTER

When considering the significance of energy, the most important question to ask is,
“Which process on Earth doesn’t involve energy?” Energy is present all around us
even in us all the time.
Energy drives every form of movement. Walking, running, and biking use chemical
energy derived from the food we eat to fuel our muscles and keep us moving. Trains
use either electrical energy, or a combination of thermal and chemical energy,
generated from fossil fuels. A sailboat uses mechanical energy, as it is pushed by the
wind. Just like wind energy can push a sailboat, the wind’s mechanical energy can
also be converted into electrical energy using a wind turbine.
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By Mustafa ,Azaan, Qasim, Ahmed Umar, Sami, Arham, Ajwad and Wali.