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Types of energy


 * Mechanical
 * Light
 * Sound
 * Electrical
 * Thermal
 * Chemical
 * Nuclear

Mechanical energy - Mechanical energy is a form of energy that an object or a particle has by reason of its motion. If work, which transfers energy, is done on an object by applying a net force, the object speeds up and thereby gains kinetic energy.

Light energy - Light energy is a kind of kinetic energy with the ability to make types of light visible to human eyes. Light is defined as a form of electromagnetic radiation emitted by hot objects like lasers, bulbs, and the sun. Light contains photons which are minute packets of energy.

Sound energy - Sound energy comes from vibrations moving through something. Solids, liquids, and gases all transmit sound as energy waves. Sound energy is the result when a force, either sound or pressure, makes an object or substance vibrate.

Electrical energy - We can define electrical energy as the energy generated by the movement of electrons from one point to another. The movement of charged particles along/through a medium (say wire) constitute current or electricity.

Thermal energy - Thermal energy is produced when the atoms and molecules in a substance vibrate faster due to a rise in temperature.

Chemical energy - Chemical energy is the energy of chemical substances that is released when they undergo a chemical reaction and transform into other substances.

Nuclear energy - Nuclear energy is the energy in the nucleus, or core, of an atom.