Energy and Electricity COPY Flashcards
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Energy
Unit:
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The ability to do work or affect change
Unit: Joules (J)
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Types of energy
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- Elastic energy
- Electrical energy
- Thermal energy
- Radiation Energy
- Chemical Energy
- Nuclear Energy
- Hydraulic Energy
- Wind Energy
- Sound Energy
- Biomass Energy
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- Elastic energy
- Electrical energy
- Thermal energy
- Radiation energy
- Chemical energy
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- energy stored in stretching or compressing something (compressed spring,stretched elastic
- Movement of electrons from one atom to another (Power plants,batteries,generators)
- energy from random motion of particles in a substance (fire,heating equipement,sun)
- Energy contained in electromagnetic waves (light bulbs,sun,cel phones,radio waves)
- energy stored in the bonds of atoms (apples,candle wax,fossil fuels)
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- Nuclear energy
- Hydraulic energy
- wind energy
- sound energy
- biomass energy
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- Energy stores in the nucleus of atoms (atomis nuclei,sun)
- Energy from water (water falls,rivers)
- (wind)
- sound,music
- burning organic matter for energy, (biofuel,wood,alcohol fuels,burning of waste)
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- Energy Tranformation:
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- The changing of energy from one form to another
- Burning a candle: chemical-radiant and thermal
- Batteries: chemical-electrical
- Speakers: electrical-sound
- The movement of energy from one place to another
- when the candle burns,you can feel the thermal energy (heat)
- When you push someone you are transferring mechanical energy, (movement in hands=other person moves)
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The law of conservation of energy
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- states that energy cannot be created or destroyed
- but it can be tranfored or tranfered from one form to another
- amount of energy put into system=energy that comes out
- You cannot completley transform one type of energy into another type.
- Energy is lost in the form of heat and sound
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Energy efficiency
Formula
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- the percentage of energy consumed by a machine or a system to change it into useful energy
- amount of useful energy/amount of energy consumes * 100
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Temperature vs heat
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- Temperature is a measurement of how fast he particles of a substances are oving. higher the speed, higher the temperature
- Heat depends on the speed of particles (termperature) and the number of particles ther are. Heat is THERMAL ENERGY
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- Electricity
- It is divided into 2 branches
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- describes all the phenomena caused by the movement of
- Static: Study of electrical charge at rest
- Dynamic: study of electrical study in motion
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Electrical Charges
Particle, Charge and Location in the atom
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- Particle: Proton, Charge=Positive, Location=Nucleus
- Electron, Negative, Outisde the nucleus
- Neutron. Neutral,Nucleus
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Static Electricity
- Charged objects
- You can charge an object in different ways
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- object that has gained or lost electrons is called charge
- an electrically neutral object contains the same # protons as electrons
- Protons are bery tighly bonded to the nucleus
- Electrons are not so tighly bonded and can be tranfered from one body to another by rubbing against each other
- Atom that loses electrons become positively charged
- gains electrons=becomes nehativel charged
- Friction: rubbing two neutral objecs together, 1 becomes positive, the other negative
- Conduction: Taking charged objects and touching a neutral object, both objects have the same charge
- Induction: Taking charged objects and brining it closer, but not touching a neutral object, the neutral object becomes partially charged
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Rules of attraction and repulsion
- +,-
- +,+
- -,-
- -,n
- +,n
- n,n
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- for statically charged objects, the rules are the same as they are for ions
- +,- attract each other
- +,+ repel each other
- -,- repel
- -,neutral attract each other
- +,neutral attarct each other
- neutral and neutral no attraction or repulsion
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- Conductors
- Insulators
- Semiconductors
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- susbtances that allow electrical charges to move freely and conducts electricty (iron,copper,zinc.gold) and electrolytes (salt,acid,bases) lemon juice
- insulators are insulators that do not allow electrical charges to move freely (it doesnt conduct eectricity) (non-metals,plastic,glass, paper, silk)
- Exibit variable conductivity (sometimes do, sometimes don’t) Carbon,metalloid (germanium and silicon)
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- Good conductors (bad insulators)
- Bad conductors (good insulators)
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- metals and electrolytes
- short
- thick
- cold
- non-metals
- long
- thin
- hot
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- Electrical circuits
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- transform electrical energy into other forms of usable energy (light,heat,sound,mechanical energy)
- Power Source and Battery: Power supply: Creates a potential difference, transfers energy to electrons
- Wires: Conduction: connect the circuit components and the power supply, carry electrons from the source to the components and back to the source
- Resistor, Light or Motor: Electrical Resistence: Limits the flow of electrons. Tranforms electrical en into other forms of en (light,heat,sound,motor)
- Switch: Control : Allows control of current by connecting and breaking the circuit
- Ammeter: Measures the current flow through a circuit
- Voltmeter: measures the potential energy