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What is the formula for calculating power?
What is the formula for calculating power?
- Power = work done × time
- Power = energy × time
- Power = total energy input ÷ useful energy output
- Power = work done ÷ time (correct)
Which unit is used to measure work done?
Which unit is used to measure work done?
- Joules (J) (correct)
- Seconds (s)
- Watts (W)
- Kilowatts (kW)
How is efficiency measured?
How is efficiency measured?
- Efficiency = useful energy output ÷ total energy input (correct)
- Efficiency = useful power ÷ useful energy output
- Efficiency = useful power ÷ total energy input
- Efficiency = total work done ÷ time
What is one method to reduce unwanted energy transfers in machines?
What is one method to reduce unwanted energy transfers in machines?
What does insulation do in buildings?
What does insulation do in buildings?
What does the law of conservation of energy state?
What does the law of conservation of energy state?
What is the relationship between efficiency and wasted energy?
What is the relationship between efficiency and wasted energy?
Which of the following is a characteristic of renewable energy resources?
Which of the following is a characteristic of renewable energy resources?
What is one disadvantage of hydroelectric power?
What is one disadvantage of hydroelectric power?
Which type of energy transfer occurs when a charge moves through a distance?
Which type of energy transfer occurs when a charge moves through a distance?
What is a notable feature of wind energy?
What is a notable feature of wind energy?
What type of energy storage involves magnets that are attracting or repelling?
What type of energy storage involves magnets that are attracting or repelling?
Which statement is true about mechanical energy transfer?
Which statement is true about mechanical energy transfer?
What is a potential environmental impact of nuclear fission?
What is a potential environmental impact of nuclear fission?
How is energy from electrostatics transferred?
How is energy from electrostatics transferred?
Which option accurately reflects the reliability of solar energy?
Which option accurately reflects the reliability of solar energy?
What is the formula for calculating kinetic energy?
What is the formula for calculating kinetic energy?
What does gravitational potential energy depend on?
What does gravitational potential energy depend on?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of tidal energy?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of tidal energy?
What is the unit of power in the context of energy transfer?
What is the unit of power in the context of energy transfer?
Which energy source is characterized as renewable but unreliable due to calm seas?
Which energy source is characterized as renewable but unreliable due to calm seas?
What is a potential environmental issue associated with geothermal energy?
What is a potential environmental issue associated with geothermal energy?
What information does the equation for gravitational potential energy provide?
What information does the equation for gravitational potential energy provide?
Which energy source produces no CO2 while generating electricity?
Which energy source produces no CO2 while generating electricity?
What is one advantage of fossil fuels in electricity generation?
What is one advantage of fossil fuels in electricity generation?
Which statement is true about wind energy?
Which statement is true about wind energy?
What is a disadvantage of hydroelectric energy?
What is a disadvantage of hydroelectric energy?
Which of the following describes a disadvantage of geothermal energy?
Which of the following describes a disadvantage of geothermal energy?
How does nuclear energy generate electricity?
How does nuclear energy generate electricity?
What is a key characteristic of renewable energy sources?
What is a key characteristic of renewable energy sources?
What is one reason why wind energy might be considered unreliable?
What is one reason why wind energy might be considered unreliable?
Which advantage is associated with renewable energy sources such as solar and wind?
Which advantage is associated with renewable energy sources such as solar and wind?
What type of energy resource is produced from the nuclei of atoms?
What type of energy resource is produced from the nuclei of atoms?
Which energy resource is considered renewable?
Which energy resource is considered renewable?
What is a major disadvantage of fossil fuels?
What is a major disadvantage of fossil fuels?
Which energy storage method involves energy stored in raised objects?
Which energy storage method involves energy stored in raised objects?
Which option describes the reliability of nuclear energy?
Which option describes the reliability of nuclear energy?
What is a major environmental concern with nuclear energy?
What is a major environmental concern with nuclear energy?
What is a distinct advantage of using biofuels?
What is a distinct advantage of using biofuels?
Which form of energy is stored in moving objects?
Which form of energy is stored in moving objects?
Study Notes
Energy Stores
- Chemical store: Energy is stored in the bonds of molecules. When these bonds break, energy is released, e.g., burning fuel.
- Kinetic store: Energy is stored in objects that are moving. The faster the object moves, the more kinetic energy it has.
- Gravitational Potential store: Energy is stored in objects that are raised against gravity. The higher the object is, the more gravitational potential energy it has.
- Elastic Potential store: Energy is stored in a stretched or compressed object, e.g., a spring.
- Internal store: Energy is stored within the particles of a substance. It is a combination of kinetic energy (particle movement) and potential energy (particle separation). Heating or cooling modify this store.
- Nuclear store: Energy is stored in the nucleus of an atom due to the strong forces holding the protons and neutrons together. This energy can be released through nuclear fission (splitting the atom) and nuclear fusion (combining atoms).
- Magnetic store: Energy is stored in magnets due to the magnetic forces of attraction or repulsion between them.
- Electrostatic store: Energy is stored when electric charges attract or repel each other.
- Mechanical store: Transfer of energy occurs when a force moves an object through a distance.
Methods of Energy Transfer
- Electrical transfer: Energy is transferred when an electric charge moves through a circuit.
- Radiation transfer: Energy is transferred by electromagnetic waves, e.g., light, heat, and radio waves.
- Heat transfer: Energy is transferred when an object is heated by conduction, convection, or radiation.
Equations
- Kinetic Energy: Ek = 0.5mv², where Ek is kinetic energy (J), m is mass (kg), and v is velocity (m/s).
- Gravitational Potential Energy: Ep = mgh, where Ep is gravitational potential energy (J), m is mass (kg), g is the gravitational field strength (N/kg), and h is height (m).
- Power: P = E/t, where P is power (W), E is energy transferred (J), and t is time (s).
- Power: P = W/t, where P is power (W), W is work done (J), and t is time (s).
- Efficiency: Efficiency = Useful Energy output/Total Energy Input
- Efficiency: Efficiency = Useful Power output/Total Power Input
Energy Resources
- Fossil fuels: Non-renewable resources that provide electricity and heat. Examples include coal, oil, and natural gas.
- Advantages: Reliable, relatively cheap, abundant.
- Disadvantages: Produce carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas), sulphur dioxide (acid rain), and air pollution.
- Nuclear Fuel: Non-Renewable resource providing electricity.
- Advantages: Produces no carbon dioxide during generation, reliable.
- Disadvantages: Creates radioactive waste that requires long-term storage, expensive to build and decommission power stations.
- Wind: Renewable resource providing electricity.
- Advantages: No CO2 produced, clean, renewable.
- Disadvantages: Unreliable, high construction cost, noise pollution and visual impact.
- Hydroelectric: Renewable resource providing electricity, can also be used for irrigation.
- Advantages: No CO2 produced, reliable source.
- Disadvantages: Blocks rivers impacting fish migration, can be unreliable during droughts.
- Geothermal: Renewable resource providing electricity and heat.
- Advantages: Does not damage ecosystems, reliable source of clean energy.
- Disadvantages: Fluids from the ground may contain greenhouse gases like CO2 and methane, which contribute to global warming.
- Tidal: Renewable resource providing electricity.
- Advantages: No CO2 produced, clean, renewable.
- Disadvantages: Unreliable due to tidal variations, can damage tidal ecosystems like mudflats.
- Waves: Renewable resource providing electricity.
- Advantages: No CO2 produced, clean.
- Disadvantages: Unreliable, can't produce electricity during calm seas.
- Solar: Renewable resource providing electricity and heating.
- Advantages: No CO2 produced, clean, renewable.
- Disadvantages: Unreliable, does not produce electricity at night, limited production on cloudy days, expensive to construct.
- Biofuel: Renewable resource used for heating and transport.
- Advantages: Carbon neutral (releases as much CO2 as it absorbs while growing).
- Disadvantages: Currently expensive to produce.
Key Terms
- Dissipation: Energy becoming spread out, "wasted" energy, usually converted to heat.
- Lubrication: Reducing energy transfer through friction by applying a lubricant (e.g., oil) to surfaces.
- Insulation: Reducing energy transfer by using insulators (non-conductive materials), e.g., in buildings.
- Conservation of Energy: Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be transferred and transformed from one form to another.
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Explore various types of energy stores in physics including chemical, kinetic, gravitational potential, elastic potential, internal, and nuclear energy storage. This quiz will test your understanding of how energy is stored and transformed in different systems.