LET'S FIND OUT FORMS OF ENERGY WHAT IS CHEMICAL ENERGY MAYA BAYDEN Britannica Educational Publishing IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROSEN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
What Is energy Energy is another word for power It is one of the most basic ideas in science A simple definition of energy is the ability to do work Energy makes things move It makes plants and animals grow and it makes machines work All activity in the universe can be explained in terms of energy and matter Energy is important but it can be a bit complicated to understand Vocabulary Anything that takes up space is called matter Plants absorb energy from the sun and then use that energy to grow
The food that we eat gives us the chemical energy we need for our bodies to do work That is because energy exists in many different forms Some of the forms of energy are heat light electrical energy chemical energy mechanical energy and sound energy We encounter these forms of energy in our life every day For example the food we eat contains chemical energy Most cars trucks buses and motorcycles run on the chemical energy that is stored in gasoline 5
