Light Energy

(Radiant)

Energy of Motion

(Kinetic Energy)

Heat (thermal) Energy

Electrical Energy

Nuclear Energy

(Not at 5th grade)

Chemical Energy

Food Energy

Potential Energy

Stored energySound Energy

Forms of Energy

• Energy transfers are the same form of energy going from one object to another

Energy Transfers

Transfers of EnergyCup of coffee warming hands

Heat energy from coffee

Heat energy in the cup

Heat energy in hands (warming hands)

Transferred

Transferred

Transfer or energy

• Energy transformations are when one form of energy becomes another form of energy.

Energy Transformations

Transformation of EnergyLight energy from the sun becoming chemical energy in a plant

Light energy from the Sun

Chemical or Food energy in a plant(through photosynthesis)

Transformed

Transformation of EnergyLight energy from the sun becoming heat energy in an air

molecule

Light energy from the Sun

Heat energy in an air molecule

Transformed

CO2