Energy+Transformation

Transformation of Energy:


> [] > >  **Introduction to Energy Changes -** > **Or The Changes that Make Things Change** > Energy is that "certain something" inside stuff (or matter to be more precise) that makes everything happen. When something or somebody moves or jumps or falls or explodes or breathes or thinks or dances or does anything, it's because energy is being transformed. > Energy isbeing transformed or changed from one type of energy to another, or, in the case ofheat flow, from one place to another place. > >  > There are some things about the way energy always behaves that everybody (yes everybody) ought to know about. This is the section that will introduce you to the basics of energy behavior. You will discover here that you are very interested in energy. > "This is good stuff," you will say to yourself over and over, as you read through these pages. > "I never knew how much I loved thermodynamics," you will add as a happy afterthought. > >  We start with the stories of a dancin' fool, a cd player, a locomotive, and some of the interesting energy changes that make music, dancing, freight trains, and tree climbing monkeys, possible. >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  > >
 * Examples: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> A toaster goes from electric to heat.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> A lamp goes from electricity to light.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> A Solar powered calculator goes from light to electric.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> A bicycle about to go down a hill is potential. The bicycle going down a hill is kinetic. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">