Work And Power Flashcards

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Kinetic

A

Moving objects

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Thermal

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Hot objects

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Chemical

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Releases energy by a chemical reaction

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Gravitational potential

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Anything in a gravitational field (falling objects)

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Elastic potential

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Anything stretched

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Electrostatic

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2 charges attracting or repelling each other

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Magnetic

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2 magnets attracting or repelling each other

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Nuclear

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Releases energy from atomic nuclei in nuclear reactions

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Work done definiton

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Energy transferred

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Work done equation

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Work done = force ✖️ distance moved

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11
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1 watt=

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1 joule of work done every second

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12
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Power definition

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How much work done per second

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13
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Power equation

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Power = energy transferred ➗ time taken

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14
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Scalar

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Magnitude

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Vector

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Magnitude and direction

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System?

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Object or group of objects

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A closed system?

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When the net energy change is zero

18
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How can energy be transferred?

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Heating, forces, doing work or electrical equipment

19
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When a system changes what happens?

A

Energy is transferred in or out

Some dissipates and is stored in rubbish ways