What is Energy ? Types of Energy
What is Energy ?
Energy is the ability to do work or cause change. āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻžā§° āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāĻā§ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāĨ¤
Types of Energy (āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ)
1. Mechanical Energy
Energy of motion + position (Kinetic + Potential) : āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ
Ex: Running, moving car. āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĻā§ā§°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻāϞāĻž
2. Thermal Energy (Heat)
Energy due to movement of particles : āĻāĻŖāĻžā§° āĻāϤāĻŋā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ
Ex: Fire, hot water . āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻā§āĻ, āĻā§°āĻŽ āĻĒāĻžāύā§
3. Potential Energy
Stored energy (position/shape) : āϏāĻā§°āĻā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ
Ex: Water in dam, stretched rubber band. āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻŦāĻžāĻāϧ⧰ āĻĒāĻžāύā§, āĻāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž ā§°āĻŦā§°
4. Electrical Energy
Energy from moving electrons : āĻāϞā§āĻā§āĻā§ā§°āύ⧰ āĻāϤāĻŋā§° āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ
Ex: Fan, TV, computer. āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĢā§āύ, āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ, āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§°
5. Chemical Energy
Energy stored in substances . āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāϤ āϏāĻā§°āĻā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ
Ex: Food, battery, fuel. āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āϝ, āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§°ā§, āĻāύā§āϧāύ
6. Nuclear Energy
Energy from atoms (very powerful). āĻĒā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ
Ex: Sun, nuclear plant. āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝ, āύāĻŋāĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒā§āϞāĻžāĻŖā§āĻ
7. Light Energy
Energy from light waves. āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§° āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ
Ex: Sunlight, bulb. āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§āĻšā§°, āĻŦāĻžāϞā§āĻŦ
8. Sound Energy
Energy from vibrations. āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāύ⧰ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ
Ex: Music, voice. āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϏāĻāĻā§āϤ, āĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻšā§° āĻŽāĻžāϤ
Examples:
• Food → Movement : āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āϝ → āĻāϤāĻŋ
• Electricity → Light : āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝā§ā§ → āĻĒā§āĻšā§°