What is Energy?
Energy is the ability to do work. Energy is in everything that we do or use in our day to day life. There are two types of energy one is potential (which is energy being stored) and the other is kinetic (which is working energy). There are many different types of potential energy such as: gravitational, chemical, electric and nuclear. A real life example that is easy to grasp is gravitational energy. If a ball is on a table it has gravitational energy that is being held up by the table. If the ball falls off the table that potential energy turns into moving energy also known as kinetic energy. Kinetic energy as described in our example is movement or motion. Some other examples for kinetic energy are: thermal, sound and electrical.
Everything on this earth has some sort of energy. So just how do we get the basic energy that we use in our day to day life. Take eating for an example: when you eat a piece of fried chicken, the fried chicken contains chemical energy. Our body then stores these chemicals as potential energy so that we can use it later for kinetic energy like when we ride a bike. Energy not only powers our body but it also powers all of our electronic devices. Just where does this energy come from you might ask?
Energy does not just magically appear. When you are playing a video game the electricity that you game system and TV you are using more than likely came from a power plant. The energy sources that energized the plant can be placed into two different categories: Renewable energy and Nonrenewable energy.
Everything on this earth has some sort of energy. So just how do we get the basic energy that we use in our day to day life. Take eating for an example: when you eat a piece of fried chicken, the fried chicken contains chemical energy. Our body then stores these chemicals as potential energy so that we can use it later for kinetic energy like when we ride a bike. Energy not only powers our body but it also powers all of our electronic devices. Just where does this energy come from you might ask?
Energy does not just magically appear. When you are playing a video game the electricity that you game system and TV you are using more than likely came from a power plant. The energy sources that energized the plant can be placed into two different categories: Renewable energy and Nonrenewable energy.
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