Work and Energy Energy conservation for an isolated system is a fundamental principle of physics. Energy for an isolated system is always conserved. It may change forms, but the total amount of energy in an isolated system is constant. Energy can, however, be converted from one form to another form. Work is the conversion of one form of energy into another. Energy comes in different forms, kinetic energy, potential energy, chemical energy, thermal energy, etc. If an object has energy, it has the potential to do work. There are several forms of potential energy. Kinetic and potential energy are called mechanical energy or ordered energy. Thermal energy is disordered energy. Friction converts mechanical energy into disordered energy. When no disordered energy is produced, then mechanical energy is conserved. Today we will track the mechanical energy in various systems and explore the relationship between work and energy. Open a Microsoft Word document to keep a log of your experimental procedures and your results. This log will form the basis of your studio session report. Address the points highlighted in blue. Answer all questions. Include the information that your answers are based on