Energy power and work done Flashcards

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What is energy?

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The capacity to do work.

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What is kinetic energy?

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The energy of a body due to its motion.

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What is potential energy?

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The stored energy in a system

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What is chemical potential energy?

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The energy stored in a substance due to the position of atoms or electrons in a substance

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What is elastic potential energy?

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The energy stored in a body due to its elastic deformation

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What is gravitational potential energy?

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The energy stored in a body due to its height above the ground

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What are the principles of conservation of energy?

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be converted from one form to another. The total energy in an isolated system remains constant

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what is the efficiency formula?

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efficiency=useful energy output/total energy input times 100%

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what is work done?

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work done by a constant force of an object is the product of the force and the distance moved by the object in the direction of the force.

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when is work done?

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when the object moves in the direction of the applied force

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what is the formula for kinetic energy?

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e=1/2mv2

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what is the formula for gravitational potential energy?

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e=mgh

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what is power?

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the rate of work done/the rate of energy conversion

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what is the formula for power?

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p=wd/t or p=e/t time is in seconds, work done and energy is in joules.

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