Matching Pairs ScienceOnline version What do you know about energy? by Christina Spalding 1 Law of conservation of mass 2 Kinetic energy 3 Potential energy 4 Physical law 5 Law of conservation of energy 6 Energy 7 Mechanics 8 Mechanical energy 9 First law of thermodynamics 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 cannot be created or destroyed it can only change forms. Laws put in place by God to govern how things work in the universe. Energy of motion. Energy that is being stored. Study of motion. The ability to perform work.