Energy and Motion

A song about energy, work, and the physics of motion

Hold a ball up way up high
It wants to fall, but wonders why
Let it go and watch it drop
Potential turns kinetic - plop!

Energy never goes away It just changes forms throughout the day!
One becomes another kind
Energy transforming all the time!

Wind the toy car, turn the key
Elastic energy sets it free
Springs unwind and make it go
Stored energy starts the show!

Energy never goes away
Just changes forms throughout the day!
One becomes another kind
Energy transforming all the time!

Rub your hands together fast
Kinetic turns to thermal - it will last
Motion energy becomes heat
Feel the warmth, isn't that neat!

Energy never goes away
It just changes forms throughout the day!
One becomes another kind
Energy transforming all the time!

Battery powers up your light
Chemical energy burning bright
Stored in chemicals, now it flows
As electricity it glows!

Energy never goes away
Just changes forms throughout the day!
One becomes another kind
Energy transforming all the time!

Radio waves fill up the air
Electromagnetic everywhere
Light and radio, X-rays too
Electromagnetic energy for me and you!

Energy never goes away
Just changes forms throughout the day!
One becomes another kind
Energy transforming all the time!

Food you eat makes muscles go
Chemical energy helps you grow
Sugar turns to moving power
Chemical energy every hour!

Energy never goes away
Just changes forms throughout the day!
One becomes another kind
Energy transforming all the time!

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Hold a ball up way up high
It wants to fall, but wonders why
Let it go and watch it drop
Potential turns kinetic - plop!