Post: What Is Energy?
In this blog post, we will dive deep into energy and how it is used in real life. Energy is a big part of physics that you must know before we get into anything else. It represents how you act and move. Energy will be reviewed many more times throughout this blog.
The Key Details
Energy is the capacity to make things move or act. There is a phenomenon, or law in physics called the conservation of energy. Accoring to this law, energy cannot be created or destroyed. However, it can change forms. For example, potential energy can be converted to kinetic energy.
Explaination in Simple Words
Imagine you have 12 indestructable building blocks. There will always be 12; you can’t destroy these blocks or create more. Now, one day you count them and find out that there are 10 blocks. It is impossible for the blocks to be destroyed, so you know that the missing blocks are somewhere. You look around, and you realized that 2 fell down the shelf. The next day, you count 15 blocks. Then, you find out that yesterday, someone came over and left their building blocks at your house. Now, imagine these building blocks are energy. They can’t be destroyed, and you can’t create more.
Where I See This in Real Life
A real life example of using energy is when you run around, or when you jump up or down. Your energy is making you do these things by force. Albert Einstein formulated an equation to show that energy and mass are equivalent ($E=mc^2$), and they are interchangeable. This means that the heavier you are, the more energy you have. There are many different forms of energy such as heat energy, kinetic energy, chemical energy, electrical energy, etc.
Conclusion
As you can see, this blog post contains the important information you need to know about energy and the conservation of energy. Energy can’t be created or destroyed - it’s conserved. This blog post shows you the basics of physics and energy. Like I said, there are more posts of energy in the physics sections of this website. Thank you for reading my blog post!