Topic 1 - Energy Flashcards
What is a system?
An object or group of objects
What happens when the system changes?
There are changes in the way the energy is stored
Name five ways energy stores are changed when embers systems change.
- object projected upwards
- moving object hitting an obstacle
- object accelerated by a contestant force
- vehicle slowing down
- boiling water in a kettle
What are the 8 energy stores?
- thermal
- kinetic
- gravitational potential
- elastic potential
- chemical
- magnetic
- electrostatic
- nuclear
How is energy transferred?
Mechanically (by a force doing work)
Electrically (work done by moving charges)
Heating
Radiation
What is kinetic energy?
Anything that is moving
How do you calculate kinetic energy?
1/2 x mass kg x speed (squared) m/s (squared)
What is gravitational energy?
Raising an object above ground level rwhuch requires work
How do you calculate gravitational potential energy?
Mass x height x gravitational field strength N/Kg
What is elastic potential energy?
The amount of energy stored in a stretched spring
How do you calculate elastic potential energy?
1/2 x spring constant N/m x extension (squared) m
How do you calculate the amount of energy stored in or released from a system as its temperature changes?
Mass x specific heat capacity J/kg*C x temperature change *C
What is specific heat capacity of a substance?
Amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one kg of the substance by one degree Celsius
Define power.
The rate at which energy is transferred of work is done.
How do you calculate power?
- Energy transferred / time
- work done J / time
What is an energy transfer one 1 joule per second equal to?
A power of 1 watt
What ways can energy be transferred?
Usefully, stored or dissipated
Can energy be created or destroyed?
No
What is dissipated energy?
Wasted energy as when energy is transferred not all of it is useful
Describe energy transfers for a closed system?
Energy can be transferred from the thermal energy store to useless thermal energy store
Energy transfers have occurred within the system but no energy has left the system
How do you reduce unwanted energy transfers?
Thermal insulation
Lubrication
What happens to an energy transfer when the thermal conductivity of a material is high?
The rate of energy transfer by conduction across the material is higher
What is lubrication?
Frictional forces cause some energy to be dissipated
Lubricants reduce frictional forces
How does insulation work?
Reduces the rate or energy transfer by heating
- thick walls with low thermal conductivity slow down the theatre if energy transfer
- thermal insulation such as: double glazed glass, fraught excluders, cavity walls