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KS3 Science Revision
10 Forms of Energy
There are 10 forms of energy:
Light Energy - Anything luminous gives off light energy
Thermal Energy - Everything has some thermal energy. The higher the temperature the more it has
Sound Energy - Anything noisy gives off sound energy
Kinetic Energy - Anything that moves has kinetic energy
Elastic Potential Energy - Anything streched as EPE
Gravitational Potential Energy - Anything in a gravitational field has GPE. The higher it is the more it has
Chemical Energy - Anything that has energy which can be released by a chemical reaction
Nuclear Energy - Energy in the nucleas of an atom
Magnetic Potential Energy - Anything in a magnetic field
Electrical Energy - Wherever there's a current flowing
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