Science (Final Exam Material) Flashcards
How to Calculate Power (Formula)
Power = Energy Transferred / Time
How do you Calculate Mechanical Energy
Potential Energy + Kinetic
How do you calculate GPE
GPE = Weight*Height
How do you calculate Kinetic Energy
0.5ms^2
M = Mass
S = Speed
Let’s just say you have a Pendulum (Search it up)
The highest parts are what type of energy?
They are Gravitational Potential Energy since the formula states the higher the object is, the more GPE it has by multiplication.
Energy Transformation:
When you turn on a Stove, (Electrical), what energy is being turned into what?
Electrical Energy to Thermal.
Energy Transformation:
When you turn on a Stove, (Electrical), what energy is being turned into what?
Electrical Energy to Thermal.
Water is falling down, what energy is being lost and what energy is being gained?
GPE is being lost, KE is being gained.
Law of conservation of Energy?
When one energy transforms into another, none is lost. Energy is never created or destroyed. For example if a roller coaster is at the top:
Full GPE
0 KE
While it’s going down
Half GPE
Half KE
it’s in the end of its drop and is now moving forward:
0 GPE
Full KE
When you stretch a rubber band, it gains:
Elastic Potential Energy (EPE)
3 cars, one weighs 10 N, one weighs 20 N, the last one weighs 30 N, what is the highest kinetic energy between these cars. All of them go 10 m/s
If you follow the formula 0.5ms^2, we can see mass, is timed by speed and divided by 2, therefor, the higher mass, the higher Kinetic Energy. So right now, we can say that the last car (30 N) weighs the most and has the most Kinetic Energy.
When something is at resting rate, how much energy does it have?
None. No speed, than no KE, also no Potential energy, unless if it has a certain height, then the Potential energy (GPE) has a value.
Why does wind have energy?
It can do work. (Page 195 I’m confused as well.)
Eventually, the pendulum stops swinging, why?
Friction can turn the energy being used (ME) to Thermal.
Energy transformation: Wood Burning:
Chemical to Thermal