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Energy
Identify the various forms in which energy can be stored, including kinetic, gravitational potential, chemical, elastic (strain), nuclear, electrostatic, and internal (thermal) energy.
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CambridgeIGCSEPhysicsMotion, forces and energy
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- Identify the various forms in which energy can be stored, including kinetic, gravitational potential, chemical, elastic (strain), nuclear, electrostatic, and internal (thermal) energy.
- Explain how energy is moved between different stores during various events and processes, providing examples such as mechanical work, electrical work, heating, and energy transfer through waves.
- Understand and apply the conservation of energy principle to straightforward scenarios, including the analysis of simple flow diagrams.
- Memorize and utilize the formula for kinetic energy, expressed as E_k = 1/2 mv^2.
- Memorize and apply the formula for the change in gravitational potential energy, given by ∆E_p = mg∆h.
- Understand and apply the conservation of energy principle to more complex situations that involve multiple stages, including the analysis of Sankey diagrams.
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