Matching Pairs ScienceOnline version What do you know about energy? by Christina Spalding 1 Law of conservation of energy 2 Law of conservation of mass 3 First law of thermodynamics 4 Energy 5 Mechanical energy 6 Potential energy 7 Physical law 8 Kinetic energy 9 Mechanics Energy cannot be created or destroyed it can only change forms. The ability to perform work. Study of motion. Laws put in place by God to govern how things work in the universe. Energy that is being used. In a closed system, energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only transformed or transferred. Matter cannot be created or destroyed it can only change forms. Energy that is being stored. Energy of motion.