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Energy

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The ability of an object (or living thing) to do work, perform an action.

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How many types of energy stores are there?

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6

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What are the 6 different types of energy stores?

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  1. Gravitational potential energy
  2. Chemical energy
  3. Kinetic energy
  4. Elastic energy
  5. Thermal energy
  6. Atomic (nuclear) energy
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Gravitational potential energy

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The higher above ground the object is, the more gravitational potential energy it has.

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Chemical energy

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The energy stored in substances and released (or absorbed) through chemical reactions.

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Kinetic energy

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Energy of movement.

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Elastic potential energy

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Stored in objects that regain their shape.

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Thermal energy

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The heat stored in an object.

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Atomic (or nuclear) energy

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Energy stored inside atoms.

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Useful forms of energy

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  • Electricity
  • Waves (light, sound, micro, x-rays)
  • Magnetism
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Law of conservation of energy

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Energy is not created or destroyed, it is transferred

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Dissipated

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Spread out/lost

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When does energy dissipate?

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When it is transferred to the surroundings.

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What do energy transfers provide?

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Energy transfers can provide useful energy but also give out energy to the surroundings, which is not useful (wasteful).

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Energy efficiency

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Shows how much of the initial energy is transferred into useful energy.

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Calculation for energy efficiency

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useful energy transferred by the device / total energy supplied to the device

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What are waves?

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They are transfers of energy

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What are the 2 types of waves

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  1. Transverse
  2. Longitudinal
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Transverse waves

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The movement (wave) is perpendicular to the direction of travel.

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Longitudinal

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The movement is parallel to the direction of travel. Particles vibrate (energy is transmitted)

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Electromagnetic waves (3)

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  • They do not need particles (material) to travel through.
  • They transmit energy through force fields.
  • Light waves, radio waves, microwaves.
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What are sound waves and seismic waves both examples of?

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Waves that can travel through a medium (material) by creating oscillations.

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Period (/s)

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Time taken for one complete wave to pass a point.

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Frequency (/Hz, Hertz)

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Number of waves per second.

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Velocity (m/s)
Wave speed AND direction.
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Amplitude (/m)
Half the distance the particles move as each wave goes past.
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What do sound waves of low and high frequency have?
Low frequency = low pitch High frequency = high pitch
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What is the speed of the wave?
The distance traveled by energy in a certain time.
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What are all the colours on the visible spectrum?
* Red * Orange * Yellow * Green * Blue * Indigo * Violet
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What happens to light in secular reflection?
Light is reflected evenly.
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What happens to light in diffuse reflection?
Light is scattered by a surface in lots of different directions.
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What do sound waves create?
Pressure on the surfaces that they meet.
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What are the 5 stages for sound from somewhere to reach the brain?
1. Ear canal (sound wave incoming) 2. Eardrum (very thin membrane vibrates) 3. 2 tiny bones (amplify vibrations) 4. Cochlea (generates impulses) 5. Auditory nerve ( sends impulses to the brain)
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Cochlea parts and functions Fluid
Transmits the vibrations from the ear bones to the internal cochlea membrane.
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Cochlea parts and functions Membrane
Vibrates when waves from the fluid reach it.
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Cochlea parts and functions Hair cells
Detect vibrations of the membrane and convert them into signals.
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Infrasound
Sound waves with frequencies less than 20Hz.
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Ultrasound
Sound waves with frequencies higher than 20,000Hz.
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Refraction
Waves changing direction when they go from one material to another.
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Visible spectrum
Light perceived (seen) by the human eye.
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What to all objects emit and why?
Infrared radiation due to their internal heat energy.
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Microwaves infrared
Infrared = Frequency below red light.
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Microwaves ultrasound
Ultraviolet = Frequency higher than blue light.
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What are the units for measuring energy
joules (J)
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What does a Sankey diagram show?
The amount of energy transferred. The width of the arrows represents the amount of energy in joules.
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How do you calculate wave speed?
wave speed (m/s) = frequency (Hz) x wavelength (m)

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