Energy Misconceptions

Concepts

Energy

Misconceptions

Energy can be made, used, and lost.
Energy is what makes us work.
Energy just appears, striking a match, combustion, in animals.
When things burn all of it turns into only a gas or smoke.
Fuels turn into heat, or smoke, or gases,
All substances become less when they burn (decrease in mass, disappear,
Air is not needed for combustion.
The black when something burns comes from the flame.
Fire is not particles.
Energy is a substance in gas… (fuels).
Rest is a way to refuel the body. Energy within the body is increasing.
Force = energy
Gravity = energy
Energy from gravity depends only on the height of the fall
Energy is an object
Energy is confined to its origin
Energy is used up.
Energy is not conserved.
It takes energy to change things. Heat objects, move objects to a higher position, but the energy does not stay in the objects. They do not have more
Energy is moving around
Energy is only in living things (humans and animals)
Excitement, enthusiasm, positive attitude, performance…
Energy transfer mass does not affect the amount of energy transfer. Energy disappears.
Potential energy in not energy. It becomes energy when it is transferred.
Computers and televisions use more energy than heating
Energy sources = the energy.

Nuclear energy is a different kind of energy. Has something to do with mass.

Energy can't be measured