Energy transfer

In physics, energy transfer is when energy is moved from one place to another. Energy cannot be made or destroyed. However, it can be transferred and it can change from one form of energy to another form of energy.

Energy Transfer Media

• Lightning over Oradea Romania zoom.jpg

  In a typical lightning strike, 500 megajoules of electric potential energy is converted into the same amount of energy in other forms, mostly light energy, sound energy, and thermal energy.

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  Thermal energy is energy of microscopic constituents of matter, which may include both kinetic and potential energy.

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  Thomas Young, the first person to use the term "energy" in the modern sense

• Joule's Apparatus (Harper's Scan).png

  Joule's apparatus for measuring the mechanical equivalent of heat. A descending weight attached to a string causes a paddle immersed in water to rotate.

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  Basic overview of energy and human life

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  A turbo generator transforms the energy of pressurized steam into electrical energy.