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What does the amount of thermal energy stored depend on
The material
Temperature
Its mass
What is power
The rate at which energy is transferred
What is power measured in
Watts
What is energy measured in
In joules
How to calculate efficiency
Effiency = useful energy transferred
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Total energy supplied
How to calculate paying for energy
Payback time = cost of change
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Savings per year
Thermal energy meaning
Another term for heat energy
Conduction
The way energy is transferred through solids by heating
Convection
The way energy is transferred by heating in fluids
Emit meaning
To give out
Radiation
A way of transferring energy by heating
Payback time meaning
The time it takes to get back the money you spent on making an energy saving change
Fossil fuels
A fuel fomed fromcdead remains of organisms over millions of years
3 types of fossil fuels
Coal
Oil
Gas
Ways to extract fossil fuels
Drilling
Mining