Science PPH Flashcards
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What is energy ?
The capacity for something to do work.
What does transfer mean ?
To move something from one place to another.
Can energy be created or destroyed ?
No, only transferred.
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What does dissipate mean ?
Energy that has been transferred and stored in a less useful way, spreads into it’s surroundings.
What does power mean ?
The rate at which energy is transferred per second.
What does efficiency mean ?
The fraction of the energy supplied to a device that is transferred in a useful form.
Power = ___?___
Energy
time
Efficiency = __?__
useful energy
input energy
What is kinetic energy + example
Where an object is moving/ car
What is gravitational potential energy + example
Objects that are high up/ plane
What is thermal energy + example
Where objects are warm or hot/ tea
What is chemical energy + example
Fuels that cane release energy when in a chemical reaction/ coal
What is electromagnetic energy + example
Where two magnets or electric charges are moved apart/ magnet
What is vibrational energy + example
Waves such as sounds/ microphone
What is nuclear energy + example
Where nuclei inside atoms join or separate/ sun
What is elastic potential energy + example
Where objects are squeezed or stretched/ rubber band
What are the four pathways ?
Mechanical working, electrical working, heating by radiation and heating by particles
before - person throwing ball (?)
pathway- ?
after- Ball in air (?)
Before- kinetic
Pathway- mechanical
After-kinetic
before- ball in hand (?)
pathway- ?
after- ball falling (?)
before- gravitational potential
Pathway- mechanical
after- kinetic
before- kettle boiling (?)
pathway- ?
after- kettle stopped (?)
before- thermal
pathway- heating by particles
after- thermal
What is energy measured in ?
Joules.
What is the rule for conservation energy ?
Energy can only be created or destroyed it can only be transferred from one energy stall to another.
What is density ?
how much mass there is in a particular volume, or how close the particles are