Diverse types of energy

Energy is a physical quantity. It implies the whole variety of movement of natural substances. Different forms of matter correspond to different types of energy.

In everyday reality, the most direct movement and interaction of physical substances and their parts can be observed most often. In this case, the release of mechanical energy. It has been known to mankind since ancient times. The most common sources are wind and river flow, sea tides, animals and people. Types of energy of a mechanical type are divided into two groups. These include the kinetic form that bodies have in motion, and the potential that is contained in resting matter.

The various types of energy that exist in nature include the light form as well. She is known to everyone and accompanies everyone during his life period. Kinds of light energy sources are known since antiquity. They are the Sun and Moon, stars, bonfires and torches, as well as plants and animals of certain chemiluminescent families. All living beings on our planet can exist only because of the energy of light. Its main source on Earth was and remains the Sun. Without this star, our planet would look like a lifeless body, encased in a huge thickness of an ice shell. The rays sent by the heavenly body can also accumulate in other forms of energy. Thus, while warming the layers of the atmosphere and the surface of the Earth, the Sun is a source of heat. This kind of energy is the root cause of wind. In turn, this natural phenomenon serves as a source of mechanical motion. Thanks to the sun's rays, there is the energy of gas, oil and coal deposits, as well as forests, fields and meadows, called chemical.

The movement of water particles is also very powerful. The energy of a wave is a constant transition from a kinetic form to a potential one. Each of these types of motion can be transmitted with its characteristic speed. The source that feeds the energy of the waves, in most cases is the wind that arises from the heating of the earth's surface.

In nature, there is also the movement of sound waves. The energy transferred by alternately compressible and discharged layers of air propagates in space with the speed of sound. The motion of waves of electromagnetic fields in physics is called radiation. The energy of this species is transferred analogously to sound and water. Its main sources are cosmic radiation, the magnetic field of our planet, as well as certain species of fish.

When it comes to the use of energy, it is classified into free (mechanical and electrical, chemical and electromagnetic, as well as nuclear) and chaotic (thermal). All types of movement do not arise from nothing and do not leave without a trace. Free forms of energy become chaotic, having a lower temperature, and can be used almost completely.

In the modern world, mankind applies not only the power of natural phenomena. It has learned to distinguish it from other forms: chemical, mechanical and electromagnetic.

The source of any kind of energy is the thermonuclear reactions taking place on the Sun. In this regard, scientists of our planet have set themselves a task, the solution of which will allow to get an artificial star. New types of energy should give impetus to the rapid development of the agro-industrial complex and industry. If mankind possesses inexhaustible reserves of a thermonuclear source, then it will be able to realize any of its dreams.