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Resource 1: Some common misunderstandings about energy

This resource is for use with Activity 1.

• Energy can be used up.
• Objects only have energy when they are moving.
• Objects keep moving until the energy is ‘used up’.
• Energy is often lost in energy transfers.
• Energy is a substance.
• Energy is fuel.
• Force is the same as energy.
• Force is the same as work.
• Biological processes, such as photosynthesis or respiration, produce energy.
• Some objects/materials are naturally warmer than others.