Physics 25-26 Flashcards
A set of interconnected parts
Systems
A system that exchanges both matter and energy with its surroundings
Open System
A system that can not exchange energy with its surroundings
Closed System
A system that can not exchange matter but can exchange energy with it’s surroundings
Isolated System
The total energy, including heat, in a system and it’s surroundings stays constant whenever heat is added to the system, it transforms into an equal amount of some other form of energy
The First Law of Thermodynamics
heat added to a system =
Mechanic energy + heat
Heat always flows natural from hot to cold
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
A machine that doesn’t lose any energy heat. The energy input will equal energy output. This is impossible
Perfect Machine
A device that converts heat into mechanical energy only some energy can be converted, the rest is expelled as exhaust
Heat Engine
A device that transfers mechanical energy into heat
Heat Pump
The first machine to use “hidden energy” was
Hero’s steam engine
In the 1600s people started
using coal
The demand for coal fuelled the need to come up with
more sophisticated machines
The gun power engine how does it work
gas is generated by an explosion inside the engine drove by a piston forward into a cylinder
Drawback of a gun power engine is
hazard of explosions, the piston could not be pulled back