Description
Before watching this video, you might like to ensure that you have watched and understood the following videos first:
- Specific heat capacity and specific latent heat (Matter)
- Forces and elasticity (Forces)
- Forces, motion and work done (Forces)
In physics, when we say that work is done, we mean that energy is transferred within a system. When an object does work, it means that energy is transferred away from the object. When work is done on an object, energy is transferred to it.
In this important video, we’ll be looking at what energy is, the various ways in which it can be stored, and how it can be transferred between different types of energy stores. We’ll then go on to look at a number of key energy equations which will be used both in this topic and throughout the entire course.
Key Words
gravitational potential energy, thermal energy, heat energy, specific heat capacity, energy, energy store, heat, work, kinetic energy, elastic potential energy
