4th Grade Forms of Energy

What is mechanical energy?

• Energy from machines.

• The energy of either an object in motion or the energy that is stored in objects by their position

• Energy through heat.

• Vibrations

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What is electrical energy?

• Travels in waves

• Vibrations

• Motion or movement

• Movement of electricity charged particles

What is light energy?

• Energy that travels in waves in a straight line through empty space.

• Movement of electrically charged particles

• Heat

• Vibrations

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What is thermal energy?

• Vibrations

• Motion or movement

• Heat

• Travels in waves in a straight line through empty space

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What is sound energy?

• Heat

• Vibrations

• Movement of electrically charged particles

• Motion or movement

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What is potential energy?

• Energy in motion

• Vibrations

• Stored energy

• Heat

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What is kinetic energy?

• Potential energy

• Heat

• Energy in motion

• Vibrations

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