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