Energy stores and systems Flashcards
Energy
It is never created or destroyed it is only transferred between different forms and objects
Name all the type of enrergy stores
Thermal (heat energy)
Gravitational potential position in gravitational field)
Elastic energy hold in already stretched spring
Kinetic (movement or motion)
Nuclear (from breaking atoms)
Electrostatic
Chemical (held in chemical bonds)
Magnet
Different ways energy can be transferred?
Mechanically
Heating
Electrically
Light
Radiation
Sound
What do we call the collection of an objects mass?
A system
What happens when a system changes?
Energy is transferred
What can an open system do
The matter can exchange energy with ‘the outside world’ (outside of system)
What is a closed systems?
It is a system that does not allow matter or energy to come or leave the system
What are the 2 types of work done
Mechanical using a force to move object (kicking ball)
and
Electrical it is done when current flows to overcome the resistance