Types of Energy

Energy:

• the ability to do work.
• the currency of physics
• energy is never created or destroyed, only converted into other forms

mechanical energy comes in two forms: kinetic and potential

An object has potential to have kinetic energy when released, and kinetic energy can effectively stored up some potential energy.

Chemical potential energy: ionization energy and that's how much energy it takes to knock an electron out

Nuclear energy: energy inside of a nucleus

linear motion: translational

circular motion: rotational