Physical Science: Types of Energy

Have you ever wondered if there is something in common among objects such as moving cars, turned-on cell phones, and rain drops falling from the sky? Well, there is, and it's that they all possess energy. Without going too much into the mathematics, you can think of energy as the driving force that gives entities the ability to produce change. Let me explain. We all know that cars need to be filled up with fuel to run. But gasoline or any other type of fuel in itself would not make the car move unless it was properly converted into that driving force referred to as energy. Another example is water naturally flowing from a higher altitude to a lower altitude. There is something in these water molecules that makes them move downwards, and again, we refer to it as energy.