Electrical energy in the battery (actually stored as chemical energy within the battery) is converted to mechanical energy in the starter motor.
As the starter motor turns the engine, and the electrical energy supplied to the spark plugs ignites the fuel (which contains stored chemical energy), the explosion of the air-fuel mixture pushes the piston down, converting pressure energy and thermal energy into kinetic energy.
Mechanical Energy
Mechanical Energy
The car's gravitational potential energy.
release energy
mechanical energy
light energy
chemical energy
Chemical energy into mechanical energy
What does potential energy mean.
The energy stored in a car battery, or other cells or batteries, is chemical energy.
kinetic
Mechanical energy.