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What is a kinetic energy store?
Energy an object has because it is moving
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What is a gravitational energy store?
Energy an object has because it has been raised up high
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What is a thermal energy store?
Energy an object has because of the movement of its particles
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What is a chemical energy store?
Energy stored in a fuel, food or battery because of the chemical bonds
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What is an elastic energy store?
Energy stored in an object because it has been stretched or squashed
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What is a nuclear energy store?
Energy stored in the atomic nucleus
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State 3 ways energy can be transferred between objects
Light (electromagnetic radiation) sound, electric current
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Define "specific heat capacity"
The energy needed to heat 1kg by 1 degree centigrade
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What is "dissipation"?
When energy spreads out and can't be used
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What is a "closed system"?
A group of objects which energy is prevented from leaving or entering
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What happens to the amount of energy in a closed system?
It remains constant
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Give the formula for efficiency
Efficiency = Useful energy out/ total energy in
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What is an "energy resource"?
An energy store that can be transferred usefully
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What is a renewable energy source?
An energy resource that can be replenished and won't run out
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What is a non-renewable energy source?
An energy resource that can't be replenished
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State 7 renewable energy resources
Wind, tidal, hydroelectric, wave, solar, geothermal, biomass
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State 3 non-renewable energy resources
Coal, crude oil, natural gas
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What is a fossil fuel?
A fuel made over millions of years from dead plants and animals
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State 3 fossil fuels
Coal, crude oil, natural gas
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What is "power"?
Rate of energy transfer
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What is the formula for gravitational potential energy?
GPE = mgh
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What are is the unit for energy?
joules (j)
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What is the formula for kinetic energy?
KE = ½mv²
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What is the formula relating energy, power and time?
P = E/t
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What is the unit of power?
watts (W)
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