What+is+Energy?

**What is Energy.. **
Energy can be a lot of things. It can be a bug on the ground, or a bird in the sky.

Energy causes things to happen around us. The sun gives off light and heat energy. It helps plants to grow. At night, lamps in our home use electrical energy to light our rooms. When a car drives by, it's being powered by gasoline, a type of stored energy. The food we eat contains energy. We use that energy to work and play. media type="custom" key="6172159" width="180" height="180"

Energy can be found in a number of different forms. It can be chemical energy, electrical energy, thermal energy,mechanical energy, and nuclear energy.
 * Energy Is the Ability to Do Work.**

What is Energy? I. The ability to do work or cause change.

When an object or living thing does work on another object, some of its energy is transfered to that object.. I. Work and Energy.

Energy is measured in joules.

If the transfer of energy is work, then power is the rate at which energy is tranferred, or the amount of energy transferred in a unit of time. I. Power and Energy.

The energy and object has due to its motion.. I. Kinetic energy.

Stored enregy that results from the position or shape of an object.. I. Potential Energy..

Potential Energy related to an object height.. I. Gravitational potential energy.

The Potential energy associated with objects that can be strechted or compressed.. I. Elastic Potential Energy.

When Energy Transferred..

Energy can be transferred from one location to another, as in the sun's energy travels through space to Earth. The two ways that energy can be transferred are by doing work and heat transfer.