Energy Conversion

Energy can be transferred from one form to another, from one object to another, or even from one place to another.

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Energy Transfer

Energy can be transferred in many ways:

potential --> kinetic

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kinetic --> potential

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potential --> potential

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kinetic --> kinetic​

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Energy Transfer

When you shoot a basketball, you exert a force (push) on the ball to give it more energy.

Force

Energy can be transferred from one object to another by a force (by the objects pushing or pulling on each other).

A force can also transfer energy from one form to another.​

​gravitational potential energy --> kinetic energy

kinetic energy --> elastic potential energy

elastic potential energy --> kinetic energy​​

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​gravitational potential energy --> kinetic energy (by the gravitational force on the person)

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kinetic energy --> elastic potential energy

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elastic potential energy --> kinetic energy​​ (by the forces between the moving person and the elastic bungee cord)

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​Electricity: The flow of electric charge through a conductor.

Energy can be transferred from one place to another and from one form to another by electricity.

Place transfer: power plant --> homes/schools

Place transfer: power plant --> homes/schools

Form transfer: once it arrives, it can provide light and heat, power computers, play movies, spin and heat clothes in a clothes dryer, etc.​

Light is how energy from the sun is transferred through space to Earth.

Sound is energy transfer through pressure waves in the air.

Heat is the flow of thermal energy.​

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