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AQA GCSE Physics - Paper 1 – Qs And AsEnergy Stores ✔️-1) Elastic potential
2) Gravitational potential
3) Thermal
4) Electrostatic
5) Nuclear
6) Chemical
7) Kinetic
8) Magnetic
9) Light
10) Sound
How is energy transferred? ✔️-1) Mechanically - force doing work
2) Electrically - work done by moving charges
3) Heating/Radiation - light, sound
How can work be done? ✔️-When a current flows or by a force moving an
object
Kinetic energy formula ✔️-E=1/2mv²
Kinetic energy(J) = 0.5 x mass(kg) x speed²(m/s)
Gravitational potential energy formula ✔️-E=mgh
G.P.E(J) = mass(kg) x gravitational field strength (N/kg) x height (m)
What happens when an object falls and there's no air resistance? ✔️-
Energy lost from the g.p.e store = energy gained in the kinetic energy store
What does air resistance do when acting against falling objects? ✔️-It
causes some energy to be transferred to other energy stores e.g. the thermal
energy stores of the object and the surroundings
Elastic potential energy formula ✔️-E=1/2ke²
E.P.E(J) = 0.5 x spring constant(N/m) x extension²(m)
What is SHC? ✔️-The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of
1kg of a substance by 1°C
,SHC formula ✔️-E=mcθ
Change in thermal energy(J) = mass(kg) x SHC(J/kg/°C) x temperature
change(°C)
What is the conservation of energy principle? ✔️-Energy can be
transferred usefully, or stored or dissipated (wasted energy), but can never be
created or destroyed
What is power? ✔️-The rate of energy transfer, or the rate of doing work
What is 1W equal to? ✔️-1J of energy transferred per second
Power Equation 1 ✔️-E=Pt
Energy transferred(J) = power(W) x time(s)
Power Equation 2 ✔️-W=Pt
Work done(J) = power(W) x time(s)
What is conduction? ✔️-The process where vibrating particles transfer
energy to neighbouring particles
Energy is transferred to thermal stores of the object - this energy is shared
across the kinetic energy stores
What is thermal conductivity? ✔️-A measure of how quickly energy is
transferred through a material via conduction
What is convection? ✔️-Where energetic particles move away from hotter
to cooler regions
Energy is transferred to the thermal energy stores of the object and is shared
across the kinetic stores
What do radiators create? ✔️-Convection currents
Convection currents - process ✔️-1) Energy is transferred from the
radiator to the nearby air particles by conduction
2) The air by the radiator becomes warmer and less dense as the particles
move quicker
, 3) The warm air rises and displaces the cooler air, which is then heated by the
radiator
4) The previously heated air transfers energy to the surroundings - the air
cools, becomes denser and sinks
What does lubrication do? ✔️-Reduce frictional forces
What does insulation do? ✔️-Reduce the rate of energy transfer by heating
Thermal insulation techniques ✔️-1) Cavity walls - made up of an inner
and outer wall with an air gap in the middle - the air gap reduces the amount
of energy transferred by conduction through the walls
2) Cavity wall insulators - the air gap is filled with foam also reduces energy
transfer by convection in the wall cavity
3) Loft insulation - reduces convection currents being created in lofts
4) Double-glazed windows - air gap between two sheets of glass that prevent
energy transfer by conduction through the windows
5) Draught excluders - reduce energy transfers by convection around doors
and windows
How do you improve efficiency? ✔️-1) Lubrication
2) Insulation
3) Making objects more streamlined
Efficiency - energy transfer equation ✔️-Useful output energy transfer
divided by total input energy transfer
Efficiency - power equation ✔️-Useful power output divided by total
power input
Is any device 100% efficienct? ✔️-No
Where is wasted energy usually transferred? ✔️-Thermal energy stores
How do thick walls prevent energy losses through heating? ✔️-They're
made from a material with a low thermal conductivity - the thicker the walls,
the lower the thermal conductivity, the slower the rate of energy transfer
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