What is Energy

Mr. Herman

Energy

• Energy- is the ability to do work

• Energy is in everything that we do or use in our day to day life.

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Types of Energy

• One type of energy is Potential energy is energy that is stored.

• There are many different types of potential energy such as: gravitational, chemical, electric and nuclear.

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Types of Energy

• Kinetic energy as described in our example is movement or motion.

• Examples for kinetic energy are: thermal, sound and electrical.

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Lets have fun with it!

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• To create your own custom roller coaster remember you have to have enough kinetic energy to access your potential energy.

What has Energy?

• Everything on this earth has some sort of energy.

• All the energy on this earth is derived from the Sun.

• The sun powers photosynthesis, plants ability to use sunlight to create potential chemical energy

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How do we as Humans obtain Energy?

• Take a nice bucket of fried chicken for example

• The chicken eats grains and other vegetables that are produce from photosynthesis.

• When we eat the chicken our body breaks down the chemical energy

• Then stores the Energy as Potential energy

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Where does Energy come from?

• Energy does not just magically appear.• Energy transforms to different types of energy. • Energy transformations come from various energy

sources.

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Example of Energy Transformations

• When you are playing a video game the electricity that you game system and TV are using more than likely came from a power plant.

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How does a Power Plant work?

• Power Plants use the transformation of Thermal Energy typically by burning fossil fuels such as coal

• The Burning of Coal creates steam • The steam turns a turbine that powers a

generator • The electric generator then creates electricity.

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Different types of Energy to power The Plant?

• The energy sources that energized the plant can be placed into two different categories: Renewable energy and Nonrenewable energy.

Renewable Energy

• Renewable energy is energy that can be re created or is replenished.

• Renewable energy sources are identified as a clean source of energy (minor impact on our environment.)

• The sun creates thermal (heat) as well as radiant (light) energy.

What are some examples of Renewable energy.

• The environment changes the suns energy resulting in other renewable energy such as: Solar, Wind, Biomass and hydropower.

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Non-Renewable Energy

• Non-renewable energy does not get replenished for a very long time.

• Most non-renewable energy sources appear from the ground in liquid, gas or solids.

• are also harmful to the environment, however non-renewable energy makes up 85% of our energy.

What are some examples of Non-Renewable energy

• There are many different forms of non-renewable energy such as: Oil and petroleum products, Natural gas, Coal, and Uranium.

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