So you probably looked at the title of this post and thought, "I know what potential and kinetic energy are!" But do you? DO YOU REALLY?!

Okay moving on.

Most of you probably do know what potential and kinetic energy are in a nutshell. Well if not, here's some handy definitions that you can copy to your homework:
​Potential Energy: A form of energy that is waiting to be used. An object has potential energy when it is waiting to do something.
Kinetic Energy: A form of energy that is being used to perform an action. An object has kinetic energy when it is in motion or performing an action.

Okay hold up.
Don't actually copy this to your homework.
Because plagiarism and stuff.
DON'T FAIL YOUR SCIENCE CLASS KIDS.

Anyways, are we now all caught up? Good. Let's move on, shall we?

You can define energy by simply saying, "it's kinetic energy" or "it's potential energy", but it goes deeper than that.
Potential and kinetic energy have smaller, subdivided forms that better describe the the energy that the object is using to perform an action.
For example: If you see someone walking down the street, they would be using mechanical kinetic energy. That means that they're using kinetic energy, but they're using the specific form of kinetic energy, mechanical energy, to walk down the street.

OH MY GOD. WHAT'S MECHANICAL ENERGY?! 

Calm down I'm getting there.

Here's a list of all the different forms of energy:

Potential:

• Gravitational
• Elastic
• Chemical
• Electrical
• Magnetic

Kinetic:

• Radiant
• Acoustic (sound)
• Mechanical
• Thermal
• Electrical

So I was going to embed links into the different forms of energy, but all the websites I tried to find gave an explination that was way too complicated for even me to understand. I could have just copy-pasted a definition from Google, but if you're not allowed to plagiarize, I'm not allowed to plagiarize. 
I would take the time to tell you what each of them mean, but this post is getting too long. I'll tell you about what they mean another time, because if I continue typing, you're going to get bored and stop reading. And how are you going to learn if you don't read the post?

Exactly. You won't.

Hope you learned!
Take care! ^-^

This is a basic guide to three basic types of potential energy: gravitational, elastic, and chemical! If you would like to learn more about these types of energy, or you would like to learn more about energy in general, look for my Potential vs. Kinetic Energy blog post!

I'm sorry if you can't read my handwriting! I'm not very good at handwriting, but I do my best!

​Hope you learned!
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Most of you probably know what energy and force are. Well if you don't know, here's some definitions:
Energy: a property in which it can be transferred into one object to another, and can also change from one form to another.
Force: a push or pull as a result of energy being put on an object.

​OH MY GOD BIG WORDS HELP!

I know, I made it seem complicated, but it's actually quite simple.
Energy is used to do work. It's used to move or change an object's position. Energy has different forms that are used for different actions.

​But doesn't force change an object's position? Does that mean that force and energy are the same thing?

Glad you asked! Yes, force does change an object's position, but it is not the same as energy. As stated before, energy has different forms that are used to perform different actions. Force uses energy to push or pull an object. Therefore, force needs energy to function.

Force has different forms as well. Click here to learn what they are.

It's really a simple concept. Force uses energy, but energy doesn't use force. I could go on a whole tangent explaining the different types of force and energy, but that's not what we're learning about, and I'm not here to waste your time. If you really want to know, you can click on the links above.

Hope you learned!
​Take care! ^-^