GCSE Physics Energy Revision Notes

• 1Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred or transformed.
• 2Kinetic energy is the energy of motion, while potential energy is stored energy.
• 3The law of conservation of energy states that the total energy in a closed system remains constant.
• 4Energy can be transferred through work, heat, and radiation.
• 5Different forms of energy can be converted from one to another, such as potential energy converting to kinetic energy.

Energy is what makes things happen. It can be in motion, like a moving car (kinetic energy), or stored, like a stretched rubber band (potential energy). Energy can change forms, like when a falling object converts its potential energy into kinetic energy. Remember, energy is always conserved in a closed system.