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Energy. By Ben Morgan. What is Energy?. Energy is something that does not have any mass because it is hardly a ‘thing’ Officially, energy is described as a non-material property capable of making changes in matter. Essentially, Energy is the result of particles vibrating or ‘jiggling’. .
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Energy By Ben Morgan
What is Energy? • Energy is something that does not have any mass because it is hardly a ‘thing’ • Officially, energy is described as a non-material property capable of making changes in matter. • Essentially, Energy is the result of particles vibrating or ‘jiggling’.
Continued… • The ‘jiggling’ causes heat to be generated. Heat then leads to particles moving in different ways and literally changing how a mass acts. • This is energy. • There are five separate forms of energy:
Thermal Energy • Also called ‘Heat’. • It is the internal energy of a mass. • This can be easily measured by finding the temperature of an object. • Probably the most obvious form of energy.
Chemical Energy • It is potential today • The potential of a chemical substance to cause changes to another chemical substance • It is the energy released from combustion
Electrical Energy • Potential Energy • Energy that can be released by an electrostatic field.
Radiant Energy • It is the energy of electromagnetic waves. • This is across the entire wave spectrum, but we can only see a little bit of this energy. • Light generated from our sun arrives as radiant energy
Nuclear energy • Energy gathered from controlled nuclear reactions • Created by nuclear fusion reactions • Perhaps the most controvesial, as the used uranium rods are toxic after use • Despite this, it is perhaps the safest and cleanest way to gather energy, even over wind power.
Types of Energy • There are two types of Energy, kinetic and potential • Kinetic energy is the energy of an object due to its motion • Potential energy is the energy of an object due to its state or current position
Conclusion • There are many forms of energy in our universe. • Some are easier to obtain than others. • All energy in the universe is constant and will not wear down until the last proton decays at the end of the universe • This is not including entropy which only works in a closed system. • The universe is NOT, never, and in no way a closed system. It’s just not.