Energy Card There are many forms of energy. The types of energy that can affect the toy car are potential energy, kinetic energy, and work of friction. Potential is the energy of an object due to its position. Kinetic energy is the energy due to motion. Friction plays a role because it shows how much energy is needed for the car to move. All these energies are intertwined in the little car. Potential energy is the energy stored in the toy car. When an object is not moving the object has a mass energy potential. There are also different types of potential energy: elastic, gravitational, hydroelectric and chemical (Demlin, 2000-2007). The type of potential energy that affected the toy car was gravitational potential energy. The toy car had potential energy because it was at the top of a ramp, meaning that gravity would affect it, so the toy car had potential energy (Rouse, 2011). The toy car also had potential energy when pulled backwards. This is potential energy because rolling the car back caused the car to store energy which is potential energy. The maximum potential energy was reached when the car clicked. The toy car exhibited very different potential energy properties, as explained in the paragraph, and the potential energy was mostly associated with preparing the car for release. Kinetic energy is the energy that comes after potential energy (“Kinetic Energy,” 2011). Basically, kinetic energy is the result of potential energy. Kinetic energy would be present in the toy car when the car would move forward after being released; when the car stops it means that the kinetic energy is exhausted. The kinetic energy would change in the toy car as the car accelerated. An example of this... middle of paper... Friction, while not energy, plays a role in the energy produced by the toy car. Works Cited Rouse, M. Computer Glossary, Computer Terms - Technology Definitions and Cheat Sheets from WhatIs.com - Technology Dictionary and IT Encyclopedia. What is potential energy (U)? - Definition from WhatIs.com. Retrieved November 11, 2013, from http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/potential-energy-UDamelin, D. Dameln Chemsite. Types of potential energy. Retrieved November 11, 2013, from http://chemsite.lsrhs.net/chemKinetics/PotentialEnergy.html(2009, 18). How things work. Friction. Retrieved November 15, 2013, from http://www.howstuffworks.com/friction-info.htm(2003, 4). Mathematical, technical, historical and linguistic Omnium Gatherum by Hans Peter. PMM Physics. Speaking of friction. Retrieved November 15, 2013, from http://www.hp-gramatke.net/pmm_physics/english/page0150.htm