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Energy Storing

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The Storing of Energy

There are a few useful ways to think about the conservation and storing of energy:

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Bank account

  • We can think of energy stores and transfers as a bank account.
    • You earn money by doing work, then save it until there is something you want.
    • You then transfer it to another person to buy whatever it is you want.
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Your body

  • Energy is added to your body's chemical store when you eat food.
    • Energy is stored there until you need it.
    • Your body then transfers it to your thermal store when you need to keep warm, or to your kinetic store to move about.

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1Energy

2Electricity

3Particle Model of Matter

4Atoms & Radiation

5Forces

5.1Basics of Motion

5.2Forces

5.3Effects of Forces

5.4Pressure

6Waves

7Magnetism

8Astrophysics

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