Page 63 - Science Course 2 (Book 2)

Mo9-L3b: What are the Different Forms of Energy?

What are the Different Forms of thermal energy
Mo9-L3b Energy? the sum of the kinetic energy and potential energy of
the particles that make up an object.
KEY CONCEPTS:
1. What are the different forms of energy?
2. How is energy used?

Vocabulary A-Z

Let us learn some vocabulary

electric energy
A form of kinetic energy that an electric current
carries.
sound energy
energy carried by sound waves.

chemical energy seismic energy
the energy that is stored in, and released from, the the energy transferred by waves moving through the
bonds between atoms. ground.

radiant energy
the energy carried by electromagnetic waves.

nuclear energy

the energy stored in and released from the nucleus
of an atom.

55