human
I'm a bit confused about the different kinds of energy. Can you help me understand this?
assistant
Sure! Energy is anything that has the potential to do work. For example, if I lift my hand up and then let it go, that’s an example of kinetic energy. If I have a car engine running and I turn on the lights in the room, that’s an example of electrical energy. The sun produces light and heat by converting its chemical energy into electromagnetic radiation, which we can use for our own purposes. Nuclear energy is produced when atoms are split apart, releasing energy that can be used for many things. And finally, there's gravitational energy, which is the energy of objects due to their mass and distance from other objects.