You do not talk about energy

Howdy, everyone! Once again we shall be addressing quite an important and diverse subject. No, we sadly aren't delving into the deliciously complicated psyche of Robert James Smith; we're talkin' about the concept of energy. Energy is pretty difficult do describe. It's sort of like being asked what water tastes like; water! However, if I had to explain then I'd say this: energy is the ability to cause some action to occur. Energy can be transferred or stored. It can't be created or destroyed. Again we are dealing with a megalithic concept here with magnitudes of content inside it. Right now we're only worrying about Potential and Kinetic energy.

Both Potential and Kinetic energy pertain to movement; motion. Potential energy is the energy a thing will have due to it's placement. A super generic example would be a pebble perched precariously on an ant-hill. Now let's say that pebble is a boulder and the ant-hill it was on is now a mountain! The boulder on the mountain has more potential energy than the pebble on an ant-hill. That's because the higher an object is and the more mass it has, the more Potential energy.

 Kinetic energy is the energy that a moving object has. The more speed and mass an object has the more kinetic energy. If the pebble begins to roll down the anthill it will have less energy than if the boulder rolls down the mountain. That's because again when something has more mass the more kinetic energy it will have.

Also, kinetic energy can be transferred from one object to another. It's against the rules to talk about this ,but it's a fantastic example. Let's say you're in Fight club, right? Okay, so you're Tyler Durden, and all of your bros are circling you and this other guy. That's because you and he are about to engage in an epic rumble of bro-ness. You, being Tyler Durden, punch this fella and, Wham, down goes Frazier! When you, Tyler Durden, punched that guy's face you were transferring energy. Also, pain, but mostly energy. Quite a lot of energy too!

That's about all, folks! please leave all comments, milkshakes, Simon Gallups, Robert Smiths, and puppies down bellow. All information from notes in class and probably Brainpop.


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