ENERGY

ENERGY

ENERGY

ENERGY

ENERGY

ENERGY

ENERGY

ENERGY

ENERGY




Energy is a fact of life.

How many times have you heard someone say `Oh dear, I've just no energy left', or `This chocolate bar will give you lots of energy'.


But what exactly IS energy?


There are lots of different kinds of energy depending on the situation or system you are looking at. Of course, doing different things requires different amounts of energy.

Well, there's kinetic, potential, electric, heat (thermal), sound,
nuclear, light, chemical, strain and gravitational...



The Sun is the most energetic body in the solar system and has lots of different types of energy associated with it, from the energy that is released in hydrogen bombs to the electrical energy that powers your computer.

Click on the Sun's Core to find out more about energy in the Sun.

Cutaway of the Sun


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