Energy Summary
Evan-Moor Publishing

Everything you need to understand or teach Energy by Evan-Moor Publishing.

  • 3 Student Essays
  • 16 Encyclopedia Articles
  • ...and more

Study Pack

The Energy Study Pack contains:

Encyclopedia Articles (16)

1,701 words, approx. 6 pages
Nineteenth-Century Development of the Concept of Energy Overview The concept of energy is fundamental to the understanding of all physical motion, whether in nature or derived from humanity's t... Read more
931 words, approx. 4 pages
Energy Transformations Energy is a state function that is best defined as the capacity to do work or to produce heat. There are many forms of energy (e.g., radiant energy, kinetic energy, potential en... Read more
1,022 words, approx. 4 pages
Energy Energy is a fundamental physical element, which can be defined simply as: the capacity of a body or system to accomplish "work." Work is defined as: the result of a force being applied over som... Read more
1,507 words, approx. 6 pages
Energy Energy is defined as the capacity to perform work or to produce heat. The Systegrave;me International d'Unités (S.I.) unit for energy is the joule (J). Lifting a medium-sized potato a di... Read more
1,352 words, approx. 5 pages
Energy Transformations Energy is the capacity to do work or to produce heat. There are many forms of energy, each of which can be classified into three categories: radiant energy, kinetic energy, and ... Read more
1,501 words, approx. 6 pages
Energy Energy is defined as the capacity to perform work or to produce heat. The Syst(me International d'Unités (SI) unit for energy is the joule (J). Lifting a medium-sized potato a distance o... Read more
1,346 words, approx. 5 pages
Energy Transformations Energy is the capacity to do work or to produce heat. There are many forms of energy, each of which can be classified into three categories: radiant energy, kinetic energy, and ... Read more
875 words, approx. 3 pages
Energy Energy is the ability to do work—to exert a force over a distance. This ability may reside in many different places--in the muscles of a horse or a human body, in coal that can be burned,... Read more
2,168 words, approx. 8 pages
Energy Energy, from the Greek energeia or activity, denotes the capacity of acting or being active. Aristotle used the term to denote the activity of tending toward or enacting a goal, which differs f... Read more
7,471 words, approx. 25 pages
Scientific and Technical Understanding of Energy The word "energy" entered English and other European languages in the sixteenth century from Aristotle's writings, and was restric... Read more
541 words, approx. 2 pages
Units of Energy The joule, symbol J, is the unit of energy in the science community. It is not widely used outside the science community in the United States, but it is elsewhere. For example, in the ... Read more
5,529 words, approx. 19 pages
Energy Timeline ENERGY SOURCE, PROCESSING, AND STORAGE EVENTS B.C.E.   2600 Construction of Lake Moeris in Egypt, a reservoir created by a dam 27 miles long. 2589 Construct... Read more
2,411 words, approx. 9 pages
Energy [addendum] Force is among the most fundamental concepts in Newtonian physics. Energy became an important unifying concept in nineteenth-century physics. Energy and force take on somewhat differ... Read more
7,450 words, approx. 25 pages
Energy Energy, from the Greek energeia (en, in; ergon, work), originally a technical term in Aristotelian philosophy denoting "actuality" or "existence in actuality," means... Read more
506 words, approx. 2 pages
Energy Energy is the capacity for doing work. In physics, "work" has a more formal definition than in everyday life: it means the ability to exert a force through a distance. If you pick... Read more
20,076 words, approx. 67 pages
New Yorkers were stunned and bewildered when they witnessed giant passenger jets speed headlong into the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001.The tragedy was as unexpected as it was unimagi... Read more