Common Misconceptions of Energy Change
- Energy is truly lost in many energy transformation
- Energy can be used, made, and lost
- Energy is only found in living organisms
- There is no relationship between matter and energy
- Energy can be transformed into different forms without any energy losses
- Things "use up" energy
- An object sitting still has no energy
- Doubling the speed of an object doubles the kinetic energy of an object
- Gravitational potential energy is determined only by the height of an object
- The terms "energy" and "force" are the same
- Energy cannot be quantified or measured