Science - Term 2 + 2nd half Flashcards
Chemical energy
Energy that is stored in food, fuel and batteries.
Kinetic energy
Energy stored in moving objects
Thermal energy
Energy stored in hot objects.
Stain energy or elastic potential energy
Energy stored in stretch, quashed or twisted materials.
Gravitational potential energy
Energy stored in objects in position.
Atomic energy or Nuclear energy
Energy stored inside atoms.
System
Something in which we are studying changes .
Law of conservation of energy
Energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can only be transferred from one store to another.
Joules (J)
Unit for measuring energy.
Energy diagrams
They represent energy stores and transfers using diagrams.
Sankey diagram
It shows the amount of energy transferred. The width of the arrows represents the amount of energy in joules.
Dissipated
Spread out
What happens to energy that is dissipated?
This energy cannot be used for other useful energy transfers - it is wasted.
How do most machines waste energy?
Most machines waste energy when they get hot. Whenever two moving parts touch each other, friction causes them to heat up. The thermal energy stored in the machine is transferred to the surroundings by heating, which dissipates the energy. This energy is wasted.
What does Lubrication do?
Friction between moving parts can be reduced by lubrication.
Examples of lubricants
- Oil
- Other liquids
- Even gases
Efficiency
A way of describing how good a machine is at transferring energy into useful forms.
How is efficiency measured?
It is given a number between o and 1. 0 means that all the energy transferred is wasted. 1 means all the energy transferred is useful energy (no devices are ever this effective).
Energy efficiency formula
(Useful energy transferred by the device)
___________________________________________
(Total energy supplied to the device)
= Efficiency
Sea waves transfer energy to the…
… shore.
What type of waves are waves on the surface of water?
Transverse waves
What type of wave are sound waves?
Longitudinal waves
Examples of seismic waves
Earthquakes and Explosions
Electromagnetic waves
Transverse waves
Do not need a medium to travel through
Wave frequency
The number of waves passing a point each second.
Measured in hertz.
Period
The length of time it takes one wave to pass a given point.
Wavelenght
The distance from a point on one wave to a point in the same position on the next wave, measured in metres.
Amplitude
The maximum distance of a point on the wave away from its rest position, measured in metres. The greater the amplitude of a sound wave, the louder the sound.
Velocity
The speed of the wave in the direction it is travelling. Waves travel at different speeds in different materials.
How do you measure wave amplitude?
The amplitude of a wave is from the middle of the top or bottom of two waves not the distance between top of one wave and the bottom of another.
Speed formula with measurements
Speed(m/s) = Distance (m) / time (s)
Wave speed formula
wave speed (m/s) = frequency (Hz) x wavelength (m)
How doe we hear step 1?
Sound waves enter the ear canal.
How do we hear step 2?
- The ear drum is a thin membrane. sound waves make it vibrate.
How do we hear step 3?
- Vibrations are passed on to tiny bones which amplify the vibrations (make them bigger).
How do we hear step 4?
Vibrations are passed on to the liquid inside the cochlea.
How do we hear step 5?
Tiny hairs inside the cochlea detect these vibrations and create electrical signals called impulses.
How do we hear step 6?
Impulses travel along neurons in the auditory nerve to reach the brain.
Cochlea
The cochlea is a coiled tube containing liquid. It can detect the different frequencies of sound reaching the ear.
Ultrasound
Sound made by waves with higher frequencies than this.
Infrasound
Sounds with a frequency less than 20Hz are too low for humans to hear.
Ray diagrams
A way of modelling what happens when light is reflected or refracted.
Law of reflection
When waves are reflected, the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence.
The normal line
This is the line drawn at a right angle to the barrier or mirror.
Incident ray
A ray of light that strikes a surface
Reflected ray
Light ray that bounce off a surface.
Refraction
The bending of light (it also happens with sound, water and other waves) as it passes from one transparent substance into another.
Angle of refraction
The angle between a refracted ray and the normal drawn at the point of incidence to the interface at which refraction occurs.
Iterface
Boundary
Total internal reflection
The complete reflection of a ray of light within a medium such as water or glass from the surrounding surfaces back into the medium.
Critical angle
The angle of incidence when the angle of refraction is 90o, and the ray changes from just refracting to total internal reflection.
Diffuse reflection
The reflection of light from a surface such that an incident ray is reflected at many angles, rather than at just one angle.
Visible spectrum
The segment of the electromagnetic spectrum that the human eye can view.
White light
Electromagnetic radiation of all the frequencies in the visible range of the spectrum, appearing white to the eye.
Electromagnetic wave
A form of radiation that travel though the universe.
Ultraviolet
We cannot see ultraviolet (UV) light but it can have hazardous effects on the human body. Ultraviolet light in sunlight can cause the skin to tan or burn. Fluorescent substances are used in energy-efficient lamps - they absorb ultraviolet light produced inside the lamp, and re-emit the energy as visible light. Similar substances are used on bank notes to detect forgeries. The hazardous properties of UV mean it will kill bacteria and can be used for disinfecting water.