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1 KW = ? KWH

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1 KW = 1 KWH

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3 advantages of nuclear power

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  • Doesnt contribute to climate change
  • Low fuel costs
  • Very large amounts of energy for small quantites of fuel
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3 main fossil fuels are

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  • Coal
  • Oil
  • Natural gas
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3 problems with renewable energy resources

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  • politics can interfere
  • they cost more
  • they are less reliable
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4 methods of energy transfer

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  • heat
  • waves
  • mechanical work
  • electrical work
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6
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An advantage of using fossil fuels?

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Easy to obtain

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7
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Describe the energy change when a ball is thrown upwards and then returns to its original position.

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  • upwards KE is converted to GPE
  • peak: maximum GPE, zero KE
  • Downwards GPE is converted to KE
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Disadvantage of geothermal power

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  • Location dependent
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Disadvantages of hydroelectricity

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  • visual pollution
  • destruction of habits
  • disrupts flow of river
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10
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Examples of renewable energy resources

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  • The Sun
  • Wind
  • Water waves
  • Geothermal
  • Biofuels
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Explain the environmental impacts of burning fossil fuels

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  • Carbon dioxide released causes global warming
  • Sulphur dioxide can lead to acid rain, damaging habitats and crops
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Explain why a bungee cord jumper slows down the the cord stretches

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KE decreases as it’s converted to elastic potential energy since KE is proportional to (velocity)^2
as KE decreases so does velocity

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For the same braking force, explains what happens to the braking distance if the speed doubles.

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  • doubling speed increases the kinetic energy
  • kinetic energy increases by a factor of 4 (2^2)
  • work done (by brakes) to stop the car increases
  • work done is force × distance and braking force is constant
  • so if work done increases by 4 then the braking distance must increase by 4
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Give 3 reasons why a toaster is only 65% efficient

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  • sound energy is wasted
  • light energy is wasted
  • kinetic energy is wasted
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Give one reason why electricity use had decreased in the past decade

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Household appliances have become more energy efficient

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16
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How can the efficiency of a machine with moving parts be improved?

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Lubricate any moving parts to reduce friction and therefore energy loss due to heating

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17
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How can the efficiency of a radiator be improved?

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Installing metal foil sheets behind the radiator to reflect the heat back into the room

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18
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How can the rate of energy transfer from houses be reduced?

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  • loft insulation
  • cavity wall insulation
  • double glazed windows
  • aluminium foil behind radiator
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How can you reduce the energy transfer in any given situation?

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  • thermal conductivity should be low as possible
  • the thickness of the insulating layer should be as thick as possible
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How do cavity wall insulation (gaps of air between inside and outside walls) reduce heat transfer?

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  • air is a poor conductor of heat
  • it reduces heat transfer by conduction
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21
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How does the mass of an object, affect the time it takes for that object to heat up?

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the greater the mass of the object the more slowly it’s temperature increases

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22
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How is energy transferred as a ball falls to the ground?

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As the ball falls towards the ground, its gravitational potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy.

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Law of conservation of energy

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The law of conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed - only converted/transferred from one form to another.

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24
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Lubricating certain machines or bikes reduces which type of force?

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friction

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25
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Name 2 main useful energy transfers that take place in the washing machine

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  • electrical to thermal
  • electrical to kinetic
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26
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On a rollercoaster, gravitational energy is transferred to which other two energy stores?

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Thermal and kinetic

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27
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State the units for specific heat capacity

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J/C/Kg

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28
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Suggest where the highest rate of unwanted energy transfer occurs in the house

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Roof

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29
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Types of energy stores

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  • kinetic energy
  • internal energy
  • elastic potential energy
  • gravitational potential energy
  • electrical energy
  • magnetic energy
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30
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What are the two main nuclear fuels?

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Uranium and plutonium are the two most common nuclear fuels.

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31
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What can efficiency never be greater than?

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100%

32
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What century did the UK see an increased demand in electricity usage?

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20th

33
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What does the amount of kinetic energy an object has depend upon?

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  • the mass of the object
  • the speed of the object
34
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What does the energy transfer per second of a material depend on?

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  • temperature across material
  • thickness of material
  • thermal conductivity of material
35
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What energy transfer happens in many musical instruments?

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Kinetic to sound

36
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What happens to the amount of infrared radiation that is emitted from an object, if the temperature increases?

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  • higher the temperature of an object, the more infraed radiation more given time
37
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What happens to the GPE of an object when it moves up/down?

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GPE increases when up and decreases when down

38
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What is a biofuel?

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A biofuel is any fuel taken from living or recently living organisms.

39
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What is a closed system?

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A closed system is a system in which no energy transfers take place and no energy can enter or leave, meaning the net change in the total energy is zero.

40
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What is a renewable energy resource?

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A renewable energy resource is one that is replenished as it is used

41
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What is a system?

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An object or group of objects

42
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What is an electrical insulator?

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A material that doesn’t allow electric currents to pass through it

43
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What is chemical energy?

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Chemical energy is energy stored in the bonds of atoms and molecules. This energy can be transferred during chemical reactions and can be found in foods, fuels or batteries.

44
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What is conduction?

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Conduction is the process where vibrating particles transfer energy to neighbouring particles.

45
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What is convection?

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The transfer of heat from one place to another due to the movement of a fluid

46
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What is dissispation?

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The process of energy being transferred, or lost, to the surroundings.

47
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What is elastic potential energy?

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Elastic potential energy refers to the energy stored in a spring object when it is stretched or squashed.

48
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What is gravitational potential energy?

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Gravitational potential energy is energy an object possesses because of its position in a gravitational field. e.g An object above the ground

49
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What is Hooke’s law?

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The extension of a spring is directly proportional to the force applied, provided that the limit of proportionality is not exceeded.

50
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What is input and output energy?

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Input​ refers to the amount of energy put into a device, and ​output​ refers to the amount of energy that comes out.

51
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What is kinetic energy?

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Kinetic energy of an object is the energy that it possesses due to its motion.

52
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What is power the rate of?

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Energy transfer or work done

53
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What is specific heat capacity?

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The specific heat capacity of a substance is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1kg of the substance by 1 degrees Celsius.

54
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What is the main energy transfer for a long-distance runner?

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Chemical energy —-> Kinetic energy

55
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What is the main energy transfer in a rollercoaster?

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Gravitational potential to kinetic

56
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What is the main type of energy transfer in a catapult?

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Elastic potential to kinetic

57
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What is the main useful energy transfer that happens in cars?

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The main useful type of energy transfer that happens in cars is chemical (in the fuel) to kinetic to turn the wheels.

58
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What is the unit of latent heat of vaporisation?

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J/kg

59
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What is thermal energy?

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Thermal energy stores refer to the energy a substance has due to its temperature.
e.g Heat

60
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What is useful energy?

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Useful energy is energy transferred to where it is wanted in the way that it is wanted.

61
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What is wasted energy?

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Wasted energy is energy that is not usefully transferred. e.g Heat caused by friction

62
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What is work done always equal to?

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Energy transferred

63
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What kind of energy stores are the waves and tides of the sea?

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Kinetic

64
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What methods of heat transfer can occur in a vacuum?

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Radiation

65
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What property of an object is a measure of the energy in the kinetic stores of its particles?

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Temperature

66
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What proportion of energy in the UK comes from fossil fuels?

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3/4

67
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What type of energy do batteries store and what do they convert it to?

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A battery is a device that stores chemical energy and converts it to electrical energy

68
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What type of energy is stored within fossil fuels?

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Chemical

69
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Where does the energy come from in geothermal power stations?

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The energy that is used in geothermal power stations comes from the Earth’s hot core.

70
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Which renewable energy source relies on their being volcanic activity close to the surface?

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Geothermal energy

71
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Which type of appliance would convert electrical energy into sound energy?

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A speaker

72
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Which type of fossil fuel power station has the shortest start-up time?

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Gas

73
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Why does the energy demand in the UK spike during 6pm and 9pm?

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During those times most families are at home using lights, electrical devices and heating

74
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Why is wood considered a renewable resource, while coal is considered non-renewable?

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Wood can be replenished (grown in the form of trees).

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