P1 - Conservation And Dissipation Of Energy Flashcards
Energy can be stored in a Variety of Energy _________.
Stores.
What are the Three Ways Energy can be Transferred?
Heating, Waves or an Electric Current.
How does Thermal Energy describe Energy?
Temperature.
When an Object Falls and Gains ________, its Store of Gravitational ______________ Energy Decreases, and its Kinetic Energy Store ______________.
Speed…Potential…Increases…
What cannot be Created or Destroyed?
Energy.
What is a System in Physics?
An Object or Group of Objects.
Conservation of Energy applies to ALL ________ Changes.
Energy.
What is a Closed System?
A System in which no Energy Transfers take place.
Work is Done on an Object when a _______ makes the Object move.
Force.
Energy Transferred = Work _____
Done.
Work Done (__) = Force Applied (__) x Distance Moved Along The Line Of Action Of The Force (__)
W…F…s
Work Done to overcome Friction is mainly Transferred to Thermal ________ Stores by Heating.
Energy.
The Gravitational _____________ Energy Store of an Object Increases when it moves Up and Decreases when it moves ______.
Potential…Down…
The Gravitational Potential Energy of a Store of an Object ____________ when it is Picked Up.
Increases.
The Gravitational Field Strength of the Moon is less than on the _______.
Earth.
Change In Objects Gravitational Potential Energy Store (__) = Weight (__) x Change In Height (__)
J…N…m…
Change In Gravitational Potential Energy Store (__) = Mass (__) x Gravitational Field Strength (__) x Change of Height (__)
J…KG…N/KG…m
The Energy in the Kinetic _________ Store of a Moving Object depends on its _____ and its Speed.
Energy…Mass…
Kinetic Energy (__) = 0.5 x Mass (__) x Speed(Squared) (__)
J…KG…m/s…
Elastic Potential Energy is the Energy _________ in an Elastic Object when Work is ______ on the Object.
Stored…Done…
Elastic Potential Energy (__) = 0.5 x Spring Constant (__) x Extension(Squared) (__)
J…N/m…m…
Useful Energy is _________ Transferred to where it is wanted in the way it is wanted.
Energy.
Wasted Energy is the Energy that is not usefully _____________.
Transferred.
What does Dissipated mean?
Spread Out.