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What does the amount of thermal energy stored depend on

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The material
Temperature
Its mass

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What is power

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The rate at which energy is transferred

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What is power measured in

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Watts

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4
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What is energy measured in

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In joules

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5
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How to calculate efficiency

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Effiency = useful energy transferred
————————- X 100
Total energy supplied

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How to calculate paying for energy

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Payback time = cost of change
—————
Savings per year

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Thermal energy meaning

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Another term for heat energy

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Conduction

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The way energy is transferred through solids by heating

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Convection

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The way energy is transferred by heating in fluids

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10
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Emit meaning

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To give out

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Radiation

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A way of transferring energy by heating

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Payback time meaning

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The time it takes to get back the money you spent on making an energy saving change

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Fossil fuels

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A fuel fomed fromcdead remains of organisms over millions of years

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3 types of fossil fuels

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Coal
Oil
Gas

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15
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Ways to extract fossil fuels

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Drilling

Mining

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What is potential energy

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Something that could potentialy be used as work

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What is Work

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the transfer of energy by a force acting on an object

18
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What is glucose

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Cells use oxygen to release energy stored in glucose

19
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4 types of energy

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Kinectic energy
Heat energy
Sound energy
Gravitational energy