Eight Types Of Energy: Pullback Car

There are many forms of energy that are constantly changing into one form to another. Even though energy is always changing, energy cannot be created or destroyed. There are eight types of energy: potential, kinetic, mechanical, thermal, sound, light/radiation, nuclear, and electric energy. A pullback car uses and transforms many types of energy. It uses unbalanced forces to propel it forward and make it move. A pullback car uses kinetic energy and turns it into elastic potential energy when pulled back. When the car is released, the car accelerates and the elastic potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy. While the car is in motion, the friction from the ground rubbing against the wheels slow the car down. The kinetic energy is