Energy transfers and energy transformations Flashcards
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What is meant by the conservation of energy law?
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Energy cannot be created or destroyed
Whenever energy is converted from one form to another, the total energy remains constant, because no extra energy can be created or energy be destroyed.
2
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energy transfer?
Eg
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TRANSFER of energy = energy is passed along but its type is NOT changed.
Example: Kinetic → Kinetic
3
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energy transformation?
Eg
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We sense energy only when there is a :
TRANSFORMATION of energy = energy changes from one type of energy to a different type.
Example: Gravitational → Kinetic
4
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able to draw an energy flow diagram to show the energy changes that occur with energy transformation examples.
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