GCSE Revision Cards: Biology + Physics Flashcards
- State the equation that links Distance, force and work done
- State the equation for height, gravitational field strength, gravitational potential energy and mass
- State the equation that links kinetic energy, mass and velocity
- State the equation for efficiency
- State the equation that links Energy, power and time
- Work done = Force x Distance
- GPE ( J ) = mass (Kg) x gravity (m/s) x change in height
- EK ( J ) = 1/2 mass (Kg) x velocity 2 (m/s)
- Efficiency (%) = useful out / total in x 100
- Energy ( J ) = power (W) x time (s)
- State the 5 energy stores
- State the 4 ways energy can be transferred
- State the most important law for energy
- GPE, kinetic, EPE, thermal, chemical
- Heating, waves, electrical current, Force
- Energy cannot be created or destroyed only transferred
- Define Work
- Calculate work done if a force of 48N pushes a box 14m
- Define friction
- Calculate GPE if a mass (48kg) is raised 4.5m on earth where the gfs is 9.8N/kg
- Calculate the height of a probe on mars if the gfs is 3.71N/kg, the probe has 1800J and weighs 35kg
- Amount of force applied over a distance
- 48 x 14 - 672J
- Friction always apposes work done 4. 48 x 4.5 x 9.8 = 2,116.8J
- 1800 / (3.71x 35) = 13.86 m
- a. Calculate the energy stored in a vehicle of mass 4100kg that is driving at 45m/s
b. Or If its speed was 68km/h - a. Calculate the energy stored in a spring when its spring constant = 250N/m and is stretched at 0.25m
b. If its stretched 68cm
- a. Kinetic energy = ½ x 4100 x 45 = 4151250J
b. 68km/h * 1000 = 68000 (m/h) / 60 = 1133.33 m (minute) / 60 = 18.89 m/s ½ x 4100 x 18.892 = 731419.8J - a. Elastic potential = ½ x 250 x 0.25 = 10/94j
b. = ½ x 250 x .682 57.8j
- Describe useful energy
- Describe wasted energy
- Describe what happens to wasted energy
- Describe what eventually happens to useful energy
- Describe what happens to the energy as it spreads out
- Energy in the place we want it, in the form we need it
- Energy that has been dissipated (not useful)
- Heating the environment
- It is dissipated
- It becomes less useful
- Explain why machines waste energy
- (H) Describe how you can make machines more efficient
- An electric motor is used to raise a weight. When you supply 48J of energy to the motor, the weight gains 23J of GPE. Calculate:
a. its efficiency
b. If it was 45% efficient, how much energy would it gain?
- Because there is always friction apposing work
- By lubricating, making smoother, improving aerodynamics
- a. 23 / 48 x 100 = 48%
b. 45/100 = 0.45
0.45 x 48 = 21.6
- Describe where your home gets most energy from
- Describe the useful and wasted energy produced from each of these appliances:
TV, kettle, toaster, fridge, mobile phone
- Electricity, oil and gas
- TV: Useful – sound, light. Wasted – thermal
Kettle: Useful – Thermal. Wasted – sound
Toaster: Useful – thermal. Wasted – light.
Fridge: Useful – thermal. Wasted – thermal, sound
Mobile phone: Useful – sound, light. Wasted – thermal
- Describe Power
- Calculate the power of a motor that:
a. lifts a weight for 30s and uses 11,000J of energy
If the machine produced 800w of power, how long would it take?
- How quickly energy can be applied
- Calculate the power of a motor that:
a. 11,000 / 30 = 367W
b. 11000 / 800 13.75s
- State the equation for Specific heat capacity
- State 3 conductors and 3 insulators
- Define thermal conductivity
- State 3 things that affect the rate of energy transfer
- Explain why loft insulation is effective at its role
- Explain why a frying pan is effective at its role
- Energy (J) = Mass (Kg) x Δ temperature (°C) x SHC (J/Kg.°C)
- Iron, copper, lead. Wool, air, plastic, fibre glass
- How quickly energy transfers through an object
- Material thermal conductivity, thickness, temperature difference
- Because it is thick and made of fibre glass which has a low thermal conductivity
- It is thin and made of a material with a high thermal conductivity
- Define SHC
- Explain why bricks are used in storage heaters
- Calculate Energy transferred if 45kg increases by 40°C and SHC is 4184 J/kg°C
- Calculate SHC if 25,000J of energy is transferred to raise it 34°C and its mass is 20kg
- The amount of energy it takes to raise 1Kg of a substances temperature by 1°C
- Because they have a very high specific heat capacity
- Energy (J) = Mass (Kg) x Δ temperature (°C) x SHC (J/Kg.°C)
? = 45 x 40 x 4184
=7531200j - SHC (J/Kg.°C) = Energy (J) / (Mass (Kg) x Δ temperature (°C))
? = 25,000 / 20 x 34
=36.76 j/Kg.°C)
Write a method for calculating the specific heat capacity of different metals
- Measure the mass of the block
- Set up the equipment
- Measure starting temperature
- Turn on the heater and start the timer
- Record voltage and current
- Measure the temperature every 30 seconds for 10 minutes
- Record results in a table
- Calculate energy supplied voltage x current x time
- Specific heat capacity = energy / mass x change in temperature
- State 5 ways to reduce the amount of infrared radiation emitted from a home
- Explain why cavities between walls reduces heat loss
- Explain why cavity wall insulation further decreases energy transfer
- Explain why foil behind radiators reduces heat transfer
- Loft insulation, double glazing, cavity wall insulation, draft excluders, carpets, aluminium foil behind radiators
- Because energy can’t transfer through using conduction, must also use convection
- Stops large convection currents forming
- Reflects thermal energy back into room
Bio Fuels
1. Describe where the energy comes from
2. State if it is renewable, carbon neutral,
3. State 1 way it has a negative impact on the environment
Nuclear Power
4. Describe where the energy comes from
5. State if it is renewable, carbon neutral,
6. State 1 way it has a negative impact on the environment
- Organisms doing photosynthesis
- Renewable and carbon neutral
- Deforestation to grow crops
- Chemical energy with the nucleus: (breaking elements using nuclear fission)
- Not renewable carbon neutral
- Toxic waste
Wind Power
1. Describe where the energy comes from
2. State if it is renewable, carbon neutral,
3. State 1 way it has a negative impact on the environment
4. State 1 reliability problem
Wave Power
5. Describe where the energy comes from
6. State if it is renewable, carbon neutral,
7. State 1 way it has a negative impact on the environment
8. State 1 reliability problem
Wind Power
1. Kinetic energy within the wind due to solar heating
2. Renewable and carbon neutral
3. Can kill birds
4. Not always windy
Wave Power
5. Kinetic energy within the water due to currents
6. Renewable and carbon neutral
7. Damages ecosystems
8. Not always waves
Hydroelectric Power
1. Describe where the energy comes from
2. State if it is renewable, carbon neutral,
3. State 1 way it has a negative impact on the environment
4. State 1 reliability problem
Tidal Power
5. Describe where the energy comes from
6. State if it is renewable, carbon neutral,
7. State 1 way it has a negative impact on the environment
8. State 1 reliability problem
Hydroelectric Power
1. GPE stored in water from evaporation by the sun
2. Renewable and carbon neutral
3. Large scale flooding of areas
4. Might have low rainfall
Tidal Power
5. The tidal change in water height caused by the moon
6. Renewable and carbon neutral
7. Damages ecosystems
8. Only have tides at certain times
Solar
1. Describe where the energy comes from
2. State if it is renewable, carbon neutral,
3. State 1 way it has a negative impact on the environment
4. State 1 reliability problem
Geothermal
5. Describe where the energy comes from
6. State if it is renewable, carbon neutral,
7. State 1 way it has a negative impact on the environment
8. State 1 reliability problem
Solar
1. The sun (nuclear fusion of elements)
2. Renewable and carbon neutral
3. Needs large areas of land
4. Not always sunny
Geothermal
5. Internal energy of the earth from its formation
6. Renewable and carbon neutral
7. Uses a lot of water can release trapped greenhouse gases from earth’s rocks
8. Very specific site requirements
Fossil Fuels
1. Describe where the energy comes from
2. State if it is renewable, carbon neutral,
3. State 1 way it has a negative impact on the environment
4. Describe how Carbon capture and storage technology could be used to reduce levels of CO2
Fossil Fuels
1. Photosynthesis in plants that died and were buried millions of years ago
2. neither
3. release CO2 and other greenhouse gases.
4. Pump CO2 into rocks to form carbonates to remove it from the atmosphere
- Describe 3 advantages of renewable sources
- Describe 3 disadvantages of renewable sources
- Define start-up time
- State a power source which is good for base load (long start up time) and a power source that has a short start up time
- Will last forever, don’t release greenhouse gases, carbon neutral
- Costly, need further research, use a lot of water and land
- How long it takes to change a power stations energy production
- Nuclear or coal. Natural gas
- Define electrical current
- Describe the difference between a battery and a cell
- Explain why a diode is useful in an electronic circuit
- State the equation for current, charge flow and time
- Flow of charge
- A battery is multiple cells
- Because it prevents current flowing the wrong way and damaging other components
- Charge flow (C) = current (I) x time (s)
- State how an ammeter must be connected in a circuit
- State how a voltmeter must be connected in a circuit
- State the equation for potential difference, energy and charge flow
- State the equation for Resistance, current and Potential difference
- State Ohm’s law
- In series
- In parallel
- Energy = P.D x charge flow
- P.D = Current x resistance
- Current through a resistor at a constant temperature is directly proportional to the PD across it
- a. State what changes the resistance of a filament lamp
b. State what happens as this increase - State how resistance of a diode varies
- a. State what changes the resistance of a thermistor
b. State what happens as this increase - a. State what changes the resistance of an LDR
b. State what happens as this increase
- a. The filament lamp getting hot
b. Resistance increases as temperature increases - Current forwards has a low resistance, backwards has a high resistance
- a. Temperature
b. As temperature increases resistance decreases - a. Light
b. Resistance decreases
- State how current varies around a series circuit
- Describe what happens to the potential difference in a series circuit
- Describe how you can calculate the total resistance in a series circuit
- State what happens to the potential difference as you add more cells.
- It is the same
- It is shared
- Add resistance of each component together
- It increases
- State how current varies around a parallel circuit
- Describe what happens to the potential difference in a parallel circuit
- Describe what happens to the current down one channel if the resistance is higher than the others
- Describe the relationship between total resistance and number of resistors in parallel circuit
- Each branch adds up to make the total current
- The PD across each branch is the same
- Current decreases
- As the number of resistors in parallel increases the total resistance decreases
- State the name and describe function of these different circuit components (1)
a) See ClassCharts link
b) See ClassCharts link
c) See ClassCharts link
d) See ClassCharts link
e) See ClassCharts link
f) See ClassCharts link
a. Filament bulb: transfer energy into thermal and light
b. Diode: stop electricity flowing opposite way through circuit
c. Light emitting diode: same as previous and emit a small amount of light
d. Ammeter: measure current
e. Switch: break the circuit
f. Cell: provide power to the circuit