Group 2

Part I: Energy
 Discussion
Introduction
A system possesses energy if it has the
ability to do work.

Work shifts energy from one system to

another.
 Energy is

a scalar quantity,
abstract and cannot always be
perceived,
given meaning through calculation,
a central concept in science.
Energy can exist in many different forms. All
forms of energy are either kinetic or potential.
The energy associated with motion is
called kinetic energy. The energy associated with
position is called potential energy. Potential
energy is not "stored energy". Energy can be
stored in motion just as well as it can be stored
in position. Is kinetic energy "used up energy"?
 kinetic energy
kinetic energy motion
mechanical energy motion of macroscopic systems
machines
wind energy
wave energy
sound (sonic, acoustic) energy
thermal energy-- motion of particles of matter
geothermal energy
electrical energy motion of charges
household current
lightning
 electromagnetic radiation disturbance of
electric and magnetic fields (classical physics)
or the motion of photons (quantum physics)
radio, microwaves, infrared, light,
ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays
solar energy
Types of kinetic energy (classified by type of object)

Type motion examples and subtypes

mechanical machines, muscles, projectiles, wind,

motion of macroscopic objects
energy flowing water, ocean waves, sound,

thermal random motion of microscopic particles of

heat, fire, geothermal,
energy matter (molecules, atoms, ions)

electrical household current, AC and DC circuits,

bulk flow of charges (electrons, protons, ions)
energy lightning,

disturbance propagating through electric and

electromagnetic radio waves, microwaves, infrared, light,
magnetic fields (classical physics) or the
radiation ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays
motion of photons (modern physics)
 potential energy
potential energy position
gravitational potential energy
roller coaster
waterwheel
hydroelectric power
 electromagnetic potential energy
electric potential energy
magnetic potential energy
chemical potential energy
elastic potential energy
 strong nuclear potential energy
nuclear power
nuclear weapons
weak nuclear potental energy
radioactive decay
Types of Potential Energy (Classified by Type of Field)

force field quantity in field examples and subtypes

roller coaster, waterwheel,

gravitational mass
hydroelectric reservoir,

electromagnetic charge electric, magnetic, chemical, elastic,

strong nuclear color charge nuclear reactors, nuclear weapons,

weak nuclear lepton number radioactive decay,

 economics
Another scheme
solar
sunshine
wind
ocean currents
ocean thermal temperature gradients
biomass
food
wood/charcoal
dung
 fossil fuels
coal
petroleum
natural gas
everything else
geothermal
tidal
nuclear