Energy - Source of energy and Gases, liquids and solids

The study of energy begins with the source of energy. Energy is the product of movement and law. Nothing exists without it. It can not be found "below", in the simplest forms of life, or far away on distant planets or stars. It can not be found. It finds you because it created you. It's source is the Triune GOD. Energy comes from above and outside of time. God moved. When He moved so many things happened!

The glory of God is light. His light is a creative law order. He moved, His light came and that is the source of all energy!

God's energy, glory and law order produced heaven and earth. Matter was created. Matter can be a gas, liquid or solid. But always remember that God is the "Source" and the "heavy weight". He is the energy that created and defined the weight of matter and everything else.

With that said let's start today's lesson:

Atom

• Atoms are believed to be the smallest unit of an element
  
• Atoms move
• Atoms produce a magnetic field
• Atoms have potential energy
• Atoms are found in different states of matter (gases, liquids, solids)

1.Gases

• Gases can be seen or unseen
• Gases can have an odor or be odorless
  
• Gases move and do not keep their shape. They spread out and change their shape and volume to fill up whatever container they are in.
• Gases can be squashed.
• Heating a liquid can turn it into a gas.
• Cooling a gas can turn it into a liquid.
  
  Examples of gases

air is full of atoms.

Helium gas atoms make balloons float.

2. Liquids

• Liquids move and are fluid and can be poured easily. They are not easy to hold.
• Liquids change their shape depending on the container they are in.
• Even when liquids change their shape, they always take up the same amount of space. Their volume stays the same.
• Heating a liquid can turn it into a gas.
• Cooling a liquid can turn it into a solid.
• Heating a solid can turn it into a liquid.
• Cooling a gas can turn it into a liquid.

Examples of liquids

3. Solids

• The atoms or molecules that compose the solid are packed closely together. They still are moving.
  
• Solids stay in one place and can be held.
• Solids maintains a fixed volume and shape. They do not flow like liquids. They do not spread out like gases.
• Solids can be cut or shaped.
• Solids have thermal energy, their atoms vibrate. However, this movement is very small, and cannot be observed or felt under ordinary conditions.
• Heating some solids can turn them into liquids.
• Cooling a liquid can turn it into a solid.

Examples of solids

grains of salt and logs of wood

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