Energy Transformations

Vocabulary Included
Vocabulary
Energy • The ability to do work or cause
change
Forms of • Mechanical, Radiant, Sound,
Energy Chemical, Electrical, Nuclear and
(MRSCENT) Thermal
Law of • A principle in physics which states
Conservation that energy cannot be created nor
of Energy destroyed; it changes form
Vocabulary

Kinetic • Energy in motion

Energy
Potential
Energy • Stored Energy
Remember MELTS?
M Mechanical energy

E Electrical energy

L Light energy

T Thermal energy

S Sound energy
Forms of Energy
Mechanical Energy generated
M Energy
through
movement
Energy transmitted
Radiant
R energy
through
electromagnetic waves
 Sound energy Vibrations that move
S through solids,
liquids, and gases

Chemical Energy released

C energy
during a chemical
reaction
Electrical Energy in the form

E energy
of electricity
 Nuclear Energy released when

N energy
the nuclei of atoms
are split or combined

Thermal Energy from heat;

T energy
moves from hot to
cold
Remember: MRS.CENT
Mechanical, Radiant, Sound, Chemical, Electrical, Nuclear,
Thermal
Energy Notes
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 Law of Conservation of Energy

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Energy Transformation
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