Energy Transfer and Efficiency Flashcards

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Name the 9 types of energy.

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Kinetic, electromagnetic, sound, thermal, electrical, nuclear, chemical, gravitational potential, elastic potential.

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What is the Law of the Conservation of Energy?

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Energy can not be created or destroyed, only transferred from one form to another.

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What happens when energy is transferred from one form to another?

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We get useful energy - the energy we want
The rest is wasted energy
Wasted energy is usually heat and sound due to friction

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What does all energy eventually end up as?

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Thermal energy - can not be collected or used for anything.

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What is the calculation for efficiency?

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Useful energy output / total energy output

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What is the unit for efficiency?

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There isn’t one. It is expressed as a decimal or percentage.

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SANKEY DIAGRAMS

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FUCK THEM

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