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