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Mo8-L1a: What are Potential and Kinetic Energy?
Your body breaks chemical bonds in foods and co- The energy stored in and released from the nucleus
verts the released energy into other forms of energy of an atom is called nuclear energy.
that your body can use.
The Sun’s energy is released through the process
of nuclear fusion, during which the nuclei of atoms
join together and release large amounts of energy.
- body’s “energy currency”
metabolism
Kinetic Energy
Kinetic energy is energy due to motion. An object’s kinetic energy is related to the mass and the speed of the
object.
The energy in an electric current is electric energy.
Electron e– Direction of the
Electric Current
Direction of
Movement
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