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