What is Energy ? Types of Energy


What is Energy ?


Energy is the ability to do work or cause change. āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ āϕ⧰āĻžā§° āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āϘāĻŸā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāĨ¤


Types of Energy (āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ)


1. Mechanical Energy


Energy of motion + position (Kinetic + Potential) : āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ


Ex: Running, moving car. āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĻ⧌⧰āĻž, āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§€ āϚāϞāĻž


2. Thermal Energy (Heat)


Energy due to movement of particles : āĻ•āĻŖāĻžā§° āĻ—āϤāĻŋā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ


Ex: Fire, hot water . āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϜ⧁āχ, āĻ—ā§°āĻŽ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀


3. Potential Energy


Stored energy (position/shape) : āϏāς⧰āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ


Ex: Water in dam, stretched rubber band. āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻŦāĻžāρāϧ⧰ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀, āϟāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž ā§°āĻŦā§°


4. Electrical Energy


Energy from moving electrons :  āχāϞ⧇āĻ•ā§āĻŸā§ā§°āύ⧰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋā§° āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ


Ex: Fan, TV, computer. āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĢ⧇āύ, āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋ, āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāωāϟāĻžā§°


5. Chemical Energy


Energy stored in substances . āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāϤ āϏāς⧰āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ


Ex: Food, battery, fuel. āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝ, āĻŦ⧇āϟāĻžā§°ā§€, āχāĻ¨ā§āϧāύ


6. Nuclear Energy


Energy from atoms (very powerful). āĻĒā§°āĻŽāĻžāϪ⧁⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ


Ex: Sun, nuclear plant. āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝ, āύāĻŋāωāĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒā§āϞāĻžāĻŖā§āϟ


7. Light Energy


Energy from light waves. āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§°ā§° āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ


Ex: Sunlight, bulb. āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§°, āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻŦ


8. Sound Energy


Energy from vibrations. āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāύ⧰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ


Ex: Music, voice. āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§€āϤ, āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšā§° āĻŽāĻžāϤ


Examples:
• Food → Movement : āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝ → āĻ—āϤāĻŋ 
• Electricity → Light : āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž → āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§°