Energy project- in need of help?

Question

i have this project on energy. and i need to know if radiant, sound, chemical and nuclear energy forms are potential or kinetic? can someone please help?
also what are some picture ideas that i could use for these types of energy

Answer 1

I will make it really easy go to this link and print out.
http://www.astro.washington.edu/kristine/PRIME/FormsofEnergy.pdf

Answer 2

Energy being exhorted is kinetic, being stored is potential. Sound is kinetic, radiant is potential, chemical and nuclear are both at different times.

Sound example- Talking, the sound is energy that causes the inner ear to vibrate at the time sound is heard.
Radiant example- Radiator, heat energy is stored until another medium is present to absorb the heat.
Chemical- Waves, at the top and bottom the water is potentially energetic, while in the other space it is kinetic.
Nuclear- Reactor, while the atoms are splitting there is potential energy, it isn't until after they split it releases the energy in kinetic form.

Answer 3

radiant - kinetic
sound - kinetic
chemical - potential
nuclear - potential and kinetic
nuclear has a tremendous amount of energy store you can find that by E=MC2 (Energy)=(Mass)x(Speed of Light)2 that is its potential, but it also gives off radiation which is energy in motion or Kinetic

Remember Kinetic is movement
and Potential is stored

Answer 4

Radiation- x-ray, solar energy- like a calculator, neon lights, glowing, trees absorb UV to make chemical energy (photosynthesis).
Thermal energy- sun, light bulb, body heat
Chemical- battery or even chemical reaction is a form of energy- your body uses chemical energy (digestion)
Nuclear- noble gases, helium balloon, atomic bomb, nuclear medicine etc.
Sound- acoustic energy, music, tapping, talking, anything of hearing has energy because it's stored (potential) and let out (kinetic).
Mechanical- windmills can energy, water energy (dams)=electrical.
Gravitational energy- anything being pulled, planets, (ocean tides as an example of gravitational pull), us.
There can be more then one that can fit.
Example:
Waterfall or dam- acoustic energy, and gravitational energy, and could be mechanical energy.
TV- has acoustic, light, thermal, chemical.
Atomic bomb- thermal, acoustic, gravitational (dropping), mechanical (making atoms blow away), radiation, nuclear.
Maybe research how humans can use different kinds of energies in their body, good example of having all these energies into one (talking, running, digestion, shivering etc.).

Cool website:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/science/formsofenergy.html

Answer 5

It depends on how the energy is created.

Kinetic energy is created through movement and potential energy is energy that is stored ready to expend.

For example a book sitting on the edge of a bookshelf has potential energy because it can fall that would then be kinetic energy generated by gravity.

Sound is normally caused by something hitting, knocking or other wise making impact with something else. It can be carried in water or in the air through the action of passing on the sound vibrations to adjacent molecules. So that makes sound a form of kinetic energy. When you blow air across your vocal cords the air impacts the cords producing the effect. As the tightness of the cords is modulated you can make sound at different pitches. When the sound exits your mouth it is shaped by your lips were more surface area is available to impact the sound and the breath exiting your mouth. Clearly when you drop something or bang something or otherwise cause movement a sound is generated. The sound may be absorbed, but it is there; except in a vacuum where the molecules are too far apart to carry the vibration.

Chemical energy can come in a wide variety of actions. For example if you subject water to an electric current then you can break the bond between the hydrogen and the oxygen creating two separate gases. You have to add electrical energy to do this and a current is created when positive ions move to balance out against negative ions. The electrical energy is an example of kinetic energy, and if it is stored in a battery then it could be potential energy. If a generator or a solar cell creates it then it is directly used so it is not potential energy. The reduction of the water to hydrogen and oxygen is kinetic energy, but since energy has to be added to the mix water doesn’t store potential energy. But in other situations water can be an example of kinetic energy (a waterfall or rain). If the water is evaporated and forms clouds then it is an example of potential kinetic energy that will fall as rain and then drain into a stream or river, which could in turn go over a waterfall.

An ice pack uses a chemical reaction, called an endothermic reaction. When the two chemicals are mixed together heat energy is taken from the surrounding environment making it colder. This effect can be used to create a ready-made ice pack. Here the energy is potential and it slows down the vibration of the molecules in the matter around it so that is a form of negative kinetic energy.

When hydrocarbons like oil are burned the reaction creates explosive energy that can be used to drive a kinetic energy machine like a car or a generator. The chemical waste of this reaction can combine with other chemicals in the environment creating pollution or even sulfuric acid that comes down as acid rain.

Nuclear energy comes in several ways. First there is the energy or radiation that is kinetic, then there are the nuclear strong forces and the nuclear weak forces, these two forces work in concert to keep the atom together and to form chemical bonds. A chemical like trinitrotoluene is an example of stored kinetic energy. If a fuse is applied to it then the resulting explosion can be a pretty big one, but then that’s what you would expect from TNT.

The tough on is radiant energy. It can come from the sun, a light bulb, from a fire, from a bio-reaction etc. Glow sticks use two chemicals that when combined give off a glow. This is a case of potential energy and chemical energy, but where exactly does the light come from? The sun is a nuclear furnace using the power of fusion to create light and radiation across a wide spectrum. We know of the heat and light given off by the sun, but there are other forms or radiation that come out from radio waves to x-rays with ultraviolet rays in between. The sun also produces solar wind, which is created when protons, electrons and other sub atomic particles are shot forth from the sun. But again how is the light created? And what really powers the sun? The sun is a huge ball of gas that is trying to collapse in on itself, due to the forces of gravity. The gravity is so strong that it pulls the gases in tight, to tight; tight enough to force the interior to undergo fusion.

Light is created when two chemicals vibrate in a specific fashion that excites and expels photons. When a standard light bulb is turned on the electricity runs through a filament and the vibrations of that wire excites and gives off photons. That means that the creation of photons is a form of kinetic energy.

Illustrations of these kinds of forces can come in several forms. A waterfall is an excellent one just check Google or Yahoo Images for pictures. A light bulb or the sun is a source of radiate energy like light, just as a glow stick that you can buy as a novelty or long duration light source that radiates energy. A car or a ball on a slope is an example of stored energy and when it rolls downhill that energy is expended as kinetic energy. Electricity is a form of kinetic energy as the electrons attract the positive ions creating a current flow, this is another form of kinetic energy, but we call it electrical energy. Magnetic energy is created when iron is subjected to a magnetic, when current flows through a wire or when the liquid core of a sun or planet rotates. The heavy iron deposits in the earth’s core are what creates its magnetic field. However, due to the relation with the flow of electrons magnetic energy is actually electrical energy.

The Strong and Weak forces of the quantum world are also rooted in electrical energy. This is all according to Einstein’s theory of Unified Forces. The only force that we do not understand is the force of gravity. Theories abound, but the most accepted one is that gravity is created by and a property of mass, it may be expressed in a different dimension or through some sort of subspace and it is very hard to measure except by calculating the weight of an object or the time a known object takes to fall under known conditions.

So you have waterfalls, batteries, glow sticks, current flowing through a circuit to light a LED or standard light bulb. You also can use a picture of the sun, a ball or car on a hill, a picture of a car engine, a water wave in an ocean is just like a sound wave so that is another good example. You only have to search on line for them.

Answer 6

There are potential energy.

Answer 7

well your a gymnast i suppost fromyour name well im a gymnast so i would explain the type of energy a gymnast uses at her practices. :)

Answer 8

try biothermal it is another useful alternative