Form Of Energy Essay

Submitted By Mcnab97Phil
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Form of energy
Potential or Kinetic
Example of everyday use- you can add images here
Chemical
Potential
Food, humans eat all kinds of foods to help give them energy, for example an athlete would eat foods such as pasta as it slowly releases chemical energy.
Electrical
Potential
A Fan, electricity is mainly used to help power our homes and other areas. It powers devices such as TV’s, computers and phones.

Thermal
Kinetic
Radiators, humans use radiators for heat, keeping them warm on colder days
Sound
Kinetic
Headsets, humans listen to music through headsets everyday through two types of headsets called earphones and headphones.
Gravitational potential
Potential
Bungee jumping, humans do bungee jumps all the time for fun. When they jump off and start to fall, they lose gravitational potential energy, as they come back up, their gaining gravitational potential energy.
Mechanical
Kinetic or Potential
Iron hammer, humans use iron hammers every day for DIY and construction, when the iron hammer is lifted, gravitation potential energy is increased, when the hammer is thrown back down again, kinetic energy is being made because of the force of movement.

Elastic

Sponge, humans use sponges to clean up areas around a house, workplace or other materials, sponges can squashed into all kinds of shapes and still return back to its original shape. Makin it use potential energy.
Light
Kinetic
A light bulb, the light within this device is always moving, reflecting from the